November 30th, 1900: Poet and dramatist Oscar Wilde (46) dies in Paris.
December 27th, 1904: The Abbey Theatre opens with W.B. Yeats's An Baile's Strand and Lady Gregory's Spreading the News.
January 29th, 1908: The Municipal Gallery for Modern Art opens on Harcourt Street, Dublin.
August 1st, 1908: The Irish University Act is passed to establish two new Catholic universities.
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December 31st, 1909: The first flight by a plane built in Ireland takes place at Hillsborough in Co Down
The Irish Times Book of the Century by Fintan O'Toole will be published by Gill & MacMillan next month. Price £25.
