1900 in Ireland

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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 Second Boer War .
March 12 - The 45th Company of the Imperial Yeomanry leave 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.