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See also:	1900 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1900 List of years in Ireland

Events in the year1900 in Ireland.

• 16 January – Three lion cubs reared by an Irish red setter went on view atDublin Zoo.
• 17 January – The different sections of theNationalist Party met in theDublin Mansion House's Oak Room to promote national unity.
• 6 February – TheIrish National League andIrish National Federation re-united within theIrish Parliamentary Party, withJohn Redmond elected as compromise chairman.
• 28 February – Unofficial figures showed that theRoyal Dublin Fusiliers suffered the most in theSecond Boer War.
• 12 March – The 45th Company of theImperial Yeomanry leftDublin for service in South Africa.
• 17 March – In celebration ofSaint Patrick's Day, theLord Lieutenant (Earl Cadogan), accompanied by his staff, reviewed a military display in the yard ofDublin Castle, followed by dinner and a ball in Saint Patrick's Hall that evening.
• 1 April – TheIrish Guards regiment of theBritish Army was formed by order ofQueen Victoria to honour the Irish troops fighting in the Boer War for theBritish Empire.^[1][2]

• 4 April – Queen Victoria arrived atKingstown and travelled to Dublin where she was greeted by theLord Mayor and members of the corporation.
• 7 April – 52,000 children greeted Queen Victoria at thePhoenix Park in Dublin.
• 23 April – At a meeting inLoughrea, County Galway,Douglas Hyde complained of the rapidanglicisation of the country and the loss of theIrish language.
• 11 May –Edward Carson becameSolicitor General for England and Wales and wasknighted.^[3]
• 13 May – The rift in theIrish Parliamentary Party was healed asJohn Dillon andJohn Redmond shared a platform for the first time in ten years.
• 5 July – The BritishWar Office issued a list of Irish prisoners of theBoers from the 1st BattalionRoyal Irish Fusiliers. It named 473 men from eight companies.
• 31 December – Ceremonies all over the country marked the closing of the 19th century and the dawning of the 20th.^{[citation needed]}
• Richard J. Ussher andRobert Warren publishedThe Birds of Ireland in London.^[4]

• TheIrish Literary Theatre staged three plays at theGaiety Theatre, Dublin with an English company:Edward Martyn'sMaeve;Alice Milligan'sThe Last Feast of the Fianna; andGeorge Moore's satiricalThe Bending of the Bough: a comedy in five acts (an adaptation of his cousin Martyn'sThe Tale of a Town).
• 'Moira O'Neill' publishedSongs of the Glens of Antrim.

• International

  24 February Wales 2–0 Ireland (inLlandudno)^[5]

  3 March Ireland 0–2 Scotland (inBelfast)^[5]

  17 March Ireland 0–2 England (inDublin: the first International match played here)^[5]

• Irish League

  Winners:Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

  Winners:Cliftonville 2–1Bohemians

• Derry Celtic was founded and joined theIrish Football League.

• 10 January –Harry Kernoff, artist (died 1974)
• 19 January –Frank Devlin, badminton player (died 1988)
• January –Michael Donnellan, founder of theClann na Talmhan party andTeachta Dála (TD) (died 1964)
• 4 February –Robert Edgeworth-Johnstone, chemical engineer (died 1994 in France)
• 16 February –John Stewart Collis, writer and pioneer ecologist (died 1984) and his twinRobert Collis, physician and writer (died 1975)
• 22 February –Seán Ó Faoláin, short story writer (died 1991)
• 27 February –James Ennis, cricketer (died 1976)
• 1 March –Nano Reid, painter (died 1981)
• 6 March –Mark Deering,Fine Gael party TD (died 1972)
• 25 May –John Hunt, expert on mediaeval art (died 1976)
• 10 July –Paul Vincent Carroll, dramatist (died 1968)
• 17 July –Paddy Smith,Fianna Fáil party TD andlongest-serving member ofDáil Éireann (54 years) (died 1982)
• 22 July –Michael Davern, Fianna Fáil TD forTipperary South 1948–1965 (died 1973)
• 20 August –Seosamh Mac Grianna, writer (died 1990)
• 26 August –Eudie Coughlan,Cork hurler (died 1987)
• 30 August –Martin King,Galway hurler (died 1969)
• 2 October –Hubert Butler, writer and historian (died 1991)
• 18 October –Sarah Makem, traditional singer (died 1983)
• 23 October
  • Paddy Ahern, Cork hurler (died 1971)
  • Hubert Butler, scholar, essayist and humanitarian (died 1991)
• 27 October –Peter Kerley, radiologist (died 1979)
• October –Frank Ryan, tenor (died 1965)
• 2 November –William Norton,Labour party leader, TD and Cabinet minister (died 1963)
• 19 November –Pamela Hinkson, writer (died 1982)
• 4 December –Tom Farquharson, association football player (died 1970)
• 23 December –Noel Purcell, actor (died 1985)^[6]
• Full date unknown –John Doherty, fiddle player (died 1980)

• 19 January –William Larminie, poet and folklorist (born 1849)
• 23 January –Abraham Boulger, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 atLucknow, India (born 1835)
• 23 January –James Pearson, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1858 atJhansi, India (born 1822)
• 7 March –Thomas Preston, scientist (born 1860)
• 16 March –Frederick William Burton, painter (born 1816)
• 22 March –Thomas Murphy, recipient of the Victoria Cross for bravery at sea in saving life in a storm off theAndaman Islands in 1867 (born 1839)
• 26 April –John Hawkins Hagarty, lawyer, teacher and judge in Canada (born 1816)
• 2 July –Thomas Farrell, sculptor (born 1827)
• 12 November –Marcus Daly, businessman in America (born 1841)
• 30 November –Oscar Wilde, playwright, novelist and poet, died in France (born 1854)^[7]
• 14 December –Paddy Ryan, boxer (born 1851)
• Full date unknown –Thomas Workman,entomologist andarachnologist (born 1843)

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