Events
- 3 January - The Norwegian ship Remittant is towed into quarantine in Queenstown with the entire crew suffering from beriberi.
- 3 February - The proposed canonisation of Oliver Plunkett is discussed in Rome.
- 27 February - A meeting at the Mansion House, Dublin, enthusiastically welcomes a movement to establish Saint Patrick's Day as a national holiday.
- 8 March - Charles Gavan Duffy is buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. He is laid to rest near others who took part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848.
- 17 March - In Waterford, Saint Patrick's Day is marked as a public holiday (to encourage temperance).
- 26 March - Chief Secretary George Wyndham introduces the Irish Land Bill in the British House of Commons.
- 31 March - The Lord-Lieutenant announces that King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra intend to visit Ireland within the coming year.
- 15 May - The Chief Secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, asks for support for his Irish Land Bill.
- 23 May - Extracts from the annual report of the British Army shows that there are 35,717 Irishmen in its service.
- 9 June - University of Dublin announces that it is to award degrees to women following a vote.
- 1 July - The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway becomes the Northern Counties Committee of the Midland Railway (of England).
- 14 August - The Wyndham Land Act is passed in the British House of Commons, offering special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
- 5 September - Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus is granted permission to paint the first portrait of Pope Pius X.
- 13 November - The 2nd Battalion of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers is welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.
- 22 December - The well-known Irish optician, Patrick Cahill, who had the sole privilege of supplying the late Pope Leo XIII with spectacles, is to supply the present pontiff, Pope Pius X.
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