16 May – Temperance reformers met with the Lord-Lieutenant to seek Sunday closing for all public houses, earlier closing on Saturdays, and a reduction of public house licences throughout the country.
1 August – The Catholic Hierarchy ruled out any scheme for mixed religious education at Trinity College Dublin.
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