22 May – launch of the experimental poweredsubmarineHolland I, designed by Irish-bornJohn Philip Holland, atPaterson, New Jersey. Its performance impresses the AmericanFenian Brotherhood sufficiently to induce them to finance his continued experiments with a view to using such a machine against the British.
28 September – Intermediate Education Act passed: this will revolutionise Irish society, as it provides education to talented and hard-working boys and girls through "Exhibitions" (scholarships) worth up to $50. It particularly changes the position of women: by 1901 there will be 20,478 teachers in Ireland, 60% of them women, earning 80% of the male wage for the job.[4]
^Haslam, Richard (2004). "Chapter 2: The origins of Irish local government". In Callanan, Mark; Keogan, Justin F. (eds.).Local government in Ireland : inside out (2nd ed.). Dublin: Institute of public administration. p. 20.ISBN9781902448930.
