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22 May - Launch of the experimental powered submarine Holland I, designed by Irish-born John Philip Holland, at Paterson, New Jersey. Its performance impresses the American Fenian Brotherhood sufficiently to induce them to finance his continued experiments with a view to using such a machine against the British.
24 August - The narrow gauge Ballymena and Larne Railway starts passenger operations in County Antrim, the first on the Irish 3 ft narrow gauge.^[1]^[2]
9 October - St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam (Church of Ireland) dedicated.^[3]
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]
Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea established by Cistercian Trappist monks from Mount Melleray Abbey.

Irish Cycling Association (ICA) was established to administer the cycling as the sport became popular throughout Ireland. ^[5]

8 January - Frederic Charles Dreyer, Royal Navy Admiral (died 1956).
1 February - Thomás MacDonagh, nationalist, poet, rebel and Easter Rising leader (died 1916).
14 February - Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Fianna Fáil Senator (died 1964).
23 February - Pádraic Ó Máille, Sinn Féin MP and TD, Fianna Fáil Senator (died 1946).
13 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (died 1966).
19 March - Michael James O'Rourke, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at Hill 70 near Lens, France (died 1957).
11 April - Kathleen Clarke, widow of Tom Clarke, Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member, first female Lord Mayor of Dublin (died 1972).
17 April - Thomas Harvey, cricketer and rugby player (died 1966).
3 June - Sinéad de Valera, writer and wife of third President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera (died 1975).

24 July - Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer and dramatist (died 1957).
9 August - Eileen Gray, architect and designer (died 1976).
15 August - Harry Corley, cricketer and rugby union international (died 1936).
17 August - Oliver St. John Gogarty, physician, poet and writer (died 1957).
27 November - William Orpen, painter (died 1931).
23 December - Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, suffragist, pacifist and writer, who would be murdered by British Army (died 1916).

2 April - William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, nobleman and landowner (born 1806).
22 September - Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet, geologist (born 1784).
24 October - Paul Cullen, Cardinal and Catholic Primate of Ireland (born 1803).
21 November - John Deyell, founder of Millbrook, Ontario (b. c1775)
22 December - Patrick Mylott, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1857 in India (born 1820).

↑ Baker, Michael H.C. (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways: a View from the Past. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
↑ Patterson, Edward M. (1968). The Ballymena Lines. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 64. ISBN 0-7153-4183-9.
↑ "Saint Mary's Cathedral - Tuam". 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
↑ "IRISH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION ACT".
↑ "Sport and Community Relations in Northern Ireland".

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