1900 in Ireland

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 – Sean O'Faolain, 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.