See also: other events of 1900, 1901 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 16 - Three lion cubs reared by an Irish red setter go on view at Dublin Zoo
• January 17 - The different sections of the Nationalist Party meet in the Mansion House's Oak Room to promote national unity.
• February 28 - Unofficial figures show that the Irish Fusiliers suffered the most in the Boer War.
• March 12 - The 45th Company of the Imperial Yeomanry leaved Dublin for service in South Africa.
• March 17 - Queen Victoria celebrates St. Patrick's Day in Windsor Castle. She pays tribute to Irish soldiers serving in South Africa.
• April 4 - Queen Victoria arrives at Kingstown and travels to Dublin where she is greeted by the Lord Mayor and members of the Corporation.
• April 7 - 52,000 children greet Queen Victoria at the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
• April 23 - At a meeting in Loughrea Douglas Hyde complains of the rapid Anglicisation of the country and the loss of the language.
• May 13 - The rift in the Irish Parliamentary Party is healed as John Dillon and John Redmond share a platform for the first time in 10 years.
• July 5 - The British War Office issues a list of Irish prisoners from the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. It names 473 men from 8 companies.
• November 30 - Oscar Wilde, dramatist and wit, dies in poverty in Paris aged 46.
• December 31 - There are special ceremonies all over the country to mark the closing of the 19th Century and the dawning of the 20th Century.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• January 16 - Frank Devlin, badminton player.
• February 22 - Seán Ó Faoláin, writer.
• May 25 - John Hunt, expert on mediaeval art.
• June 7 - Patricia Lynch, children's author.
• July 2 - Tyrone Guthrie, theatre producer.
• July 10 - Paul Carroll, playwright.
• October 2 - Hubert Butler, writer and local historian.
• November 19 - Pamela Hinkson, writer.
• December 23 - Noel Purcell, actor.

Deaths

• November 12 - Marcus Daly.
• November 30 - Oscar Wilde, author and playwright.