Arts and Literature
- William Allingham publishes Laurence Bloomfield or rich and poor in Ireland.
- J. E. Gore publishes A revised catalogue of variable stars.
- William Henry Hulbert publishes Ireland Under Coercion.
- John Kells Ingram publishes A history of political economy and Essays in political economy.
- T. Dumbar Ingram publishes Two Chapters of Irish History.
- MacGregor Mathers publishes Qabbalah Unveiled.
- Kuno Meyer publishes The Wooing of Emer.
- George Moore publishes Spring Days.
- 'Esperanza' (Jane, Lady Wilde) publishes Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland, with sketches of the Irish past.
- Oscar Wilde's publishes The Happy Prince.
- W. B. Yeats publishes Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry and writes Down by the Salley Gardens.
- Fossett's Circus begins touring Ireland nationally. It has continued without a break since then making it one of the oldest continiously touring circuses in the world.
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