Deaths
- 10 January — Philip Cross, army surgeon, hanged in Cork Jail for the murder of his wife.
- 12 May — John Joseph Lynch, Bishop of Toronto (born 1816).
- October — Frank O'Meara, artist (born 1853).
- 22 November — John McGovern, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (born 1825).
- 1 December — John Divane, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 at Delhi, India (born 1822).
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