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Events
- February - Prime Minister Gladstone introduces his second Home Rule Bill to the House of Commons, where it is passed[1].
- 26 April - Edward Carson is called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple[1]
- 31 July - Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill establish the Gaelic League.[2].
- 8 September - Gladstone's second Home Rule Bill is rejected by the House of Lords[1].
- The biggest opposition to Home Rule manifests itself in Ulster, particularly amongst Protestants.
- Consecration of St. Mel's Church in County Longford takes place. The church had taken 53 years to build.
Arts and literature
- Douglas Hyde publishes Love Songs of Connacht.
- William Butler Yeats publishes The Rose.
- Oscar Wilde stages A Woman of No Importance.
Sport
Football
- International
- 25 February England 6 - 1 Ireland (in Birmingham)[3]
- 25 March Scotland 6 - 1 Ireland (in Glasgow)[3]
- 5 April Ireland 4 - 3 Wales (in Belfast)[3]
- Winners: Linfield
- Winners: Linfield 5 - 1 Cliftonville
- Derry Olympic becomes defunct after only one season in the Irish Football League.
Golf
- Ormeau Golf Club in Belfast is formed.
Births
January to June
- 5 February - John Lymbrick Esmonde, soldier, Fine Gael TD (d.1958).
- 22 February - Peadar O'Donnell, Irish Republican socialist, Marxist activist and writer (d.1986).
- 4 April - Dick McKee, Irish Republican Army member in Easter Rising, shot by Crown forces (d.1920).
- 14 May - George McElroy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force pilot during World War I, killed in action (d.1918).
- 14 June - Séamus Burke, Sinn Féin TD, a founder-member of Cumann na nGaedhael and later Fine Gael (d.1967).
July to December
- 26 July - E. R. Dodds, classical scholar (d.1973).
- 27 July - Margaret Dolan, oldest woman in Ireland when she died aged 111 (d.2004).
- 10 August - Mick O'Brien, soccer player and manager (d.1940).
- 30 September - Seán MacEoin, major general, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1973).
- 26 October - Thomas MacGreevy, poet and director of the National Gallery of Ireland (d.1967).
- 1 November - Neal Blaney, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (d.1948).
Full date unknown
- Tomás Bairéad, journalist and author (d.1973).
- Frank Gallagher, Irish Volunteer and author (d.1962).
- Denis Rolleston Gwynn, journalist, author and professor of Modern Irish History (d.1973).
- Mick Kenny, Galway hurler (d.1959).
- Eamon Martin, one of founders of Fianna Éireann, and an Irish Volunteer who fought in the Easter Rising (d.1971).
- Nora Connolly O'Brien, political activist, daughter of James Connolly (d.1981).
- Seán Russell, Irish republican and a chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (d.1940).
Deaths
- 16 April - William Davis Ardagh, lawyer, judge and politician in Canada (b.1828).
- 5 September - Mike Cleary, boxer (b.1858).
- 8 November - Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, geographer (b.1815).
- 28 December - Bishop James Donnelly, Bishop of Clogher (1865-1893) (b.1823).