See also: 1892 in Ireland, other events of 1893, 1894 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• Prime Minister William Gladstone's Second Home Rule Bill is passed in the House of Commons but is rejected in the House of Lords.
• The biggest opposition to Home Rule manifests itself in Ulster, particularly amongst Protestants.
• Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill establish the Gaelic League.
• Consecration of St. Mel's Church in County Longford takes place. The church took 53 years to build.

Arts and literature

• Douglas Hyde publishes Love Songs of Connacht .
• William Butler Yeats publishes The Rose.
• Oscar Wilde stages A Woman of No Importance.

Sports

Births

Deaths