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.
Edward Carson becomes Solicitor General for England and Wales and is knighted^[1].