Bahai Library Online

Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

World Canada
   

Date 1912-12-17, sorted by date, descending

date event tags firsts
1912 17 Dec
191-		 A Bahá'í arrived from Ireland to see 'Abdu'l-Bahá, possibly Joan Waring, after travelling all day and all night. Miss Waring was possibly the first native believer in Ireland. She contributed to the Wilmette Temple Fund in 1913 and on the 26th of October 1914 she married Thomas Fforde. On the 29th of June 1919 they wrote to Àbdu'l-Bahá expressing gratitude that He had survived the War. [Bahá'í Council website; Early Irish Baha'is: Issues of Religious, Cultural, and National Identity by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram]
  • He made comments on the character of the American people.
  • In the afternoon He spoke to a large gathering at Caxton Hall in Westminster. [SoW Vol III no 19 2Mar1913 p3-4, ABTM276-277]
    		•  `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Ireland; London, England; United Kingdom The first native believer in Ireland.
    Home divider Site Map divider Series divider Chronology
    search:  Author divider Title divider Date divider Tags
    Links divider About divider Contact divider RSS divider New
    smaller font
    larger font