Events
- 8 February - First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill addresses a pro Home Rule meeting in Belfast despite Ulster Unionist attempts to prevent him speaking. Churchill shares the platform with John Redmond the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
- 9 April - 250,000 Orangemen converge on Balmoral Showground in Belfast, declaring that under no circumstances will they accept Home Rule.
- 11 April - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Herbert Asquith introduces the 3rd Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons.
- 12 April - A convention of Sinn Féin delegates led by Arthur Griffith opposes the Home Rule Bill.
- 14 April - RMS Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, built in Belfast and making her last call at Queenstown, collides with an iceberg and sinks within a few hours.
- 22 April - Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson completes the first aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea, from Goodwick in Wales to Crane near Enniscorthy.
- 26 April - English-born Vivian Hewitt makes an aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Phoenix Park, Dublin.
- 30 April - Winston Churchill moves the second reading of the Home Rule Bill at Westminster.
- 9 May - The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is accepted in the British House of Commons. A Unionist amendment rejecting the Bill is defeated.
- 10 May - At the Royal Albert Hall in London, Bonar Law speaks of Conservative Opposition to the Home Rule Bill. Elsewhere Edward Carson also voices his opposition.
- 1 July - A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurs in Counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.
- July - Bonar Law makes a defiant speech at Blenheim Palace against Home Rule.
- 28 September - 'Ulster Day' - Ulster Covenant to resist Home Rule is signed by almost 250,000 men throughout Ulster; 229,000 women sign a parallel declaration.
- 23 October - Large numbers of cattle are slaughtered in Mullingar due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the area.
- The Golden Eagle becomes extinct in Ireland (prior to reintroduction).
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