Arts and Literature
- Francis Ledwidge's poems Songs of the Fields published.
- James Stephens' poems The Adventures of Seumas Beg: the Rocky Road to Dublin and Songs from the Clay are published.
- Terence MacSwiney's play The Revolutionist is written.
- Helen Waddell's first play, The Spoiled Buddha, is performed at the Opera House, Belfast, by the Ulster Literary Society.
- The first dramatic film made in Ireland, Fun at Finglas Fair, is directed by F. J. McCormick. It is never released as all prints are destroyed in the Easter Rising.
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