(approx. date)James Connolly deserts from his British Army regiment in Dublin and moves to
Dundee.
Irish members of the
British House of Commons attempt to introduce an Irish Local Government Bill; however the Bill is opposed by Chief Secretary
Arthur Balfour.
Thomas Lindsay Buick becomes Secretary of the Gladstone branch of the
Irish National League.
Reverend
Henry Lett publishes a research paper on several unknown forms of
fungi found in
Ulster; however this document, as well as other research by Lett, is later lost.
Fossett's Circus begins touring Ireland nationally. It has continued without a break since then making it one of the oldest continuously touring circuses in the world.[2]
Sport
Cricket
Several Irish Cricket Teams travel for their second tour of Canada and the United States.
April – the First Cavan GAA All Ireland Finals is held in
Birr.
7 April – a Cavan GAA football game between the Cavan Slashers and
Belturbet Rory O'Moores is reported by an
Anglo-Celt reporter as "...A disgrace, I must state that a more rowdy and disgraceful meeting I have never witnessed and the conduct of the party that came along with the Cavan club was simply what I could not wish to describe" and "The filthy expressions used by them towards the Rory O'Moores is simply not fit for publication".
(approx. date)James Connolly deserts from his British Army regiment in Dublin and moves to
Dundee.
Irish members of the
British House of Commons attempt to introduce an Irish Local Government Bill; however the Bill is opposed by Chief Secretary
Arthur Balfour.
Thomas Lindsay Buick becomes Secretary of the Gladstone branch of the
Irish National League.
Reverend
Henry Lett publishes a research paper on several unknown forms of
fungi found in
Ulster; however this document, as well as other research by Lett, is later lost.
Fossett's Circus begins touring Ireland nationally. It has continued without a break since then making it one of the oldest continuously touring circuses in the world.[2]
Sport
Cricket
Several Irish Cricket Teams travel for their second tour of Canada and the United States.
April – the First Cavan GAA All Ireland Finals is held in
Birr.
7 April – a Cavan GAA football game between the Cavan Slashers and
Belturbet Rory O'Moores is reported by an
Anglo-Celt reporter as "...A disgrace, I must state that a more rowdy and disgraceful meeting I have never witnessed and the conduct of the party that came along with the Cavan club was simply what I could not wish to describe" and "The filthy expressions used by them towards the Rory O'Moores is simply not fit for publication".