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| Date | | | | | 1913 | | Revaluation of the city; the rateable value raised from £1,001,640 to £1,177,940, an increase of 17 1/2 per cent. | | | 1913 | | During the year the city and county were greatly disturbed by labour disputes, culminating to-wards the end of August and beginning of Sept., when nearly 25.000 work people were disemployed. The Port of Dublin was closed to cross-Channel traffic from Oct. 12 to Dec. 10. Fierce rioting and conflicts with the police occurred on August 31, September 1 and September 21, during which nearly 500 people-and 50 police constables were injured. Two of the injured men subsequently died.- Three unsuccessful conferences were held between the representatives of the masters and the representatives of the various trades unions involved, and at the close of the year no settlement had been arrived at. | | | 2-Sep-1913 | | Seven people killed and 6 injured by fall of tenement houses in Church-street. A Commission A Commission was subsequently appointed to inquire into the housing of the working classes in Dublin. | | | 1914 | | The industrial-unrest which characterised the closing months of 1913 continued up to the 29th January, when the strike ended. | | | 15-Jul-1914 | | The Civic Exhibition in the Linen Hall Barracks, formally opened by H.E. the Lord Lieutenant, and closed 31st August. The number of visitors exceeded 110,000. | | | 4-Aug-1914 | | Following the declaration of war by Germany on Russia and the violation of Belgium neutrality, Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 5th; on Austria on August 10th; and on Turkey November 5th. | | | 25-Aug-1914 | 28 | The Royal Dublin Society's Great Annual Horse and Sheep Show, at Ballsbridge, abandoned owing to the war. | | | 18-Sep-1914 | | The Home Rule Bill received the Royal Assent. | | | 25-Sep-1914 | | Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister, addressed an enthusiastic meeting, in connection with the war, in the Mansion House, Dublin, and expressed the hope that the new armies would be largely augmented by Irishmen, an appeal which was supported by Mr. John Redmond, M.P., and other well known Irishman. | | | 15-Feb-1915 | | Departure of His Excellency the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, consequent on his resignation of the Vice-Royalty. | |
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