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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 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 .

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.