May 7th, 1910: The Abbey Theatre refuses to close in mourning for Edward VII.
July 7th-12th, 1911: George V on state visit.
February 20th, 1914: Report states that 28,000 Dubliners live in insanitary conditions.
December 29th, 1916: Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce, is published.
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February 6th, 1918: Most women over 30 and all men over 21 get the vote.
March 6th, 1918: John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist Party leader, dies aged 62.
The Irish Times Book of the Century by Fintan O'Toole will be published by Gill & McMillan next month. Price £25
Next Monday and Tuesday:
1920-1929 Peter Conrad on the roots of popular culture; Dermot Keogh on the Irish Free State
