April 20, 1896A demonstration of the cinématographe is held in Dublin at Dan Lowreys Star of Erin theatre
March 30, 1896An Irishman wins an Olympic gold medal for the first time, when John Pius Boland triumphs in tennis
February 17, 1896Horace Plunkett and W.E.H. Lecky, support John Redmonds plea for clemency for Irish political prisoners
August 20, 1897Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in, 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria.
June 21, 1897James Connolly is arrested during a demonstration commemorating 1798; Maud Gonne pays the fine for his release
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