See also: 1902 in Ireland, other events of 1903, 1904 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 3 - The Norwegian ship, Remittent, is towed into quarantine in Queenstown (Cóbh). The entire crew are suffering from beriberi.
• February 3 - The proposed canonisation of Oliver Plunkett are discussed in Rome.
• February 27 - A meeting at the Mansion House enthusiastically welcomes a movement to establish St. Patrick's Day as a national holigay.
• March 8 - Charles Gavan Duffy is buried at Galsnevin Cemetery in Dublin. He is laid to rest near others who took part in the 1848 Rising.
• March 26 - Chief Secretary Wynham introduces the Irish Land Bill in the House of Commons.
• March 31 - The Lord-Lieutenant announces that King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra intend to visit Ireland within the coming year.
• May 15 - The Chief Secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, asks for support for his Irish Land Bill.
• May 23 - Extracts from the annual report of the British Army shows that there are 35,717 Irishmen in the service.
• June 9 - Dublin University announces that it is to award degrees to women following a vote.
• August 14 - The Wyndham Land Act is passed in the House of Commons. It offers special incentives to landlords to sell their entire estates.
• September 5 - Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus is granted permission to paint the first portrait of Pope Pius X.
• November 13 - The 2nd battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers is welcomed home after nearly 20 years of foreign service.
• December 22 - The well-known Irish optician, Patrick Cahill , who had the sole privilege of supplying the late Pope Leo XIII with spectacles, is to supply the present pontiff, Pope Pius X.

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