Arts and Literature
- Somerville and Ross publish their first collection of humorous stories Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
- William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn form the Irish Literary Theatre. Its first performance is The Countess Cathleen.
- W. B. Yeats publishes The Wind Amongst the Reads.
- The Rathmines and Rathgar music society is founded.
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