1904 in Ireland - Definition and Overview

See also: 1903 in Ireland, other events of 1904, 1905 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• April 26 - King Edward VII and his Queen arrive in Kingstown. The royal couple travel to Punchestown Races for the day.
• May 2 - The King and Queen travel to Waterford where they stay at Lismore Castle, the home of the Duke of Devonshire.
• June 10 - Bloomsday: James Joyce meets Nora Barnacle on this day and later sets his novel Ulysses on this day.
• December 27 - The Irish National Theatre Society (Abbey Theatre) opens to the public for the first time. They witness a play by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• January 26 - Seán MacBride, former Clann na Poblachta TD, Cabinet Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
• October 21 - Patrick Kavanagh, poet.

Deaths