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Events
- January 3 - An Anglo-Irish Coal-Cattle Pact is signed between the governments of Britain and the Irish Free State.
- January 20 - 40 men from the Connemara Gaeltacht travel to County Meath to inspect the area which is to be settled by residents of the Gaeltacht.
- January 27 - Relics and souvenirs of the 1916 Easter Rising arrive at the National Museum.
- February 19 - Workmen unearth a statue of Jesus during excavations for road making in County Clare.
- March 3 - In his Lenten pastoral the Bishop of Galway denounces immodest dress and vulgar films. Membership of Trinity College Dublin is still forbidden for Catholics and membership of the IRA and Communist organizations remain mortal sins.
- March 20 - After 17 days the army intervenes in the bus strike at the request of the Minister for Industry & Commerce by providing lorries for transport.
- March 26 - 72 republicans are arrested and held at the Bridewell Garda Station.
- April 1 - The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border.
- April 12 - Eleven families from the Connemara Gaeltacht arrive in County Meath to set up the Rath Cairn Gaeltacht.
- July 14 - 5 people are killed and 70 are injured as a result of sectarian rioting in Belfast.
- July 17 - George Russell (AE), poet, essayist, artist and economist, dies aged 68.
- October 26 - Lord Edward Carson, the Dublin-born unionist leader and barrister, is buried in Belfast.
- December 7 - This day is a bad day for Irish sport. The Ireland national rugby union team team is beaten by New Zealand and the Irish soccer team is beaten by the Netherlands.
- December 16 - Foynes in County Limerick is chosen to be the European terminal of a tranatlantic air service.
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
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- Winners: Dolphins
Golf
- Irish Open is won by Ernest Whitcombe (England).
Births
January to June
- 2 January - Neil Downing, writer.
- 11 January - Colm O'Reilly, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (1983 - ).
- 16 January - William Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe (1994 - ).
- 9 February - Liam Kavanagh, Labour Party Teachta Dála representing Wicklow, Member of the European Parliament.
- 18 February - Dermot O'Mahoney, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975 - 1996).
- 20 February - Bríd Rodgers, former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA and Minister.
- 21 February - Brian Mullooly, Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
- 4 March - Don Davern, Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South 1965–1968. (d.1968)
- 6 March - Ronnie Delany, former Irish athlete.
- 20 March - Dermot FitzGerald, businessman and philanthropist (d.2006).
- 25 April - John Boland, Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia.
- 15 May - Barry Desmond, former Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP.
- 18 June - Jimmy Brohan, Cork hurler.
July to December
- 20 July - Hugh Coveney, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister, yachtsman (d.1998).
- 13 August - Brendan Comiskey, former Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Ferns.
- August - Michael J. Noonan, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
- 16 September - Charlie McDonald, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach (speaker) of Seanad Éireann 1981–1982
- 29 September - Ian Lewis, cricketer (d.2004).
- 16 October - Fred Tiedt, boxer (d.1999).
- 4 December - Noel Peyton, soccer player.
- 8 December - Michael Woods, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North-East and former Cabinet Minister.
Full date unknown
- Pauline Bewick, artist.
- Johnny Byrne, writer and script editor.
- Tim Pat Coogan, historian and broadcaster.
- Eddie Fullerton, Sinn Féin councillor, killed by the Ulster Defence Association (d.1991).
- Tom Murphy, playwright.
- Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish language activist, poet, writer and publisher.
- Bob Quinn, filmmaker, writer and photographer.
- Peter Rice, structural engineer (d.1992).
Deaths
- 23 March - Robert Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Cloyne (b.1844).
- 8 April - Patrick Joseph Sullivan, mayor of Casper, Wyoming and Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming (b.1865).
- 17 July - George William Russell, critic, poet and artist (b.1867).
- 22 July - William Mulholland, water service engineer in Southern California (b.1855).
- 9 August - James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, businessman and philanthropist (b.1849).
- 15 September - Sir Thomas Esmonde, 11th Baronet, peer, MP and Seanad member (b.1862).
- 22 October - Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (b.1854).
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