2 January – The South Irish Horse cavalry was formed as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry.
7 January – Waterford Corporation passed a motion to confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond.
8 January – The Great National Convention took place in the Round Room of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. Motions were passed regarding coercion,[clarification needed] the Irish language and evicted tenants.
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^ abcHayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
^Muircheartaigh, Micheál (2007). From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain: travels and stories from Ireland's most beloved broadcaster. Dublin London: Penguin Ireland Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141911649.