16 July - Academics Alfred Cort Haddon and Andrew Francis Dixon (Dixon later became Professor of Anatomy atTrinity College Dublin), remove the partial skeletal remains of 13 people, including their skulls, from St Colman's monastery on the island ofInishbofin, County Galway (without the knowledge or permission of the community) for the purposes of studyingcraniometry.[1][2]
25 November – despite his personal problems Parnell is re-elected as leader of theIrish Parliamentary Party.
26 November –Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone announces that as long as Parnell remains as leader of the Party, the next general election will be lost andHome Rule for Ireland will be impossible.
6 December – after five days of discussion and argument about Parnell's leadership, 44 members of the Irish Parliamentary Party walk out of the meeting and withdraw from the Party, most going on to form theIrish National Federation. Parnell is left with only 28 supporters in theIrish National League.
