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Events

• January 13 - Beechpark, the residence of President W.T. Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire.
• January 10 - An order is signed creating the Revenue Commissioners.
• January 22 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that Irish is to become a subject for examination in the Civil Service.
• February 18 - An amnesty for IRA Irregulars expires on this day. It was introduced by the Minister for Home Affairs, Kevin O'Higgins.
• April 10 - Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, is wounded and captured. His subsequent death in Clonmel is also announced by the army.
• April 14 - Austin Stack is captured by Free State troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
• April 30 - Thousands turn up to greet Jim Larkin as he returns to Ireland after a nine year absence.
• May 28 - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on May 24. The letters, signed by Éamon de Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over.
• July 20 - Éamon de Valera appeals to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the upcoming general election.
• August 15 - Éamon de Valera is arrested at an election meeting in Ennis, County Clare.
• September 17 - 33 members present themselves at Leinster House for the swearing in of the new Dáil. No anti-Treaty republicans attend.
• September 19 - The Fourth Dáil meets for the first time at Leinster House. Michael Hayes is elected Ceann Comhairle and W.T. Cosgrave is elected President of the Executive Council.
• October 15 - The Mallow Viaduct over the River Blackwater is officially re-opened by President W.T. Cosgrave.
• November 14 - The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to poet and playwright William Butler Yeats.

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The Minister for Education & Science is the chief person at the Department of Education & Science is engaged in a wide range of activities covering pllicy planning, quality assurance and providing a broad range of services for education in the Republic of Ireland. ... Eoin MacNeill (May 15, 1867 - October 15, 1945) was an Irish scholar and revolutionary. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ... The Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform is the chief minister in charge of law and order in the Republic of Ireland. ... Kevin Christopher OHiggins ( 7 June 1892- 10 July 1927), Irish politician. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Liam Lynch (1893 - 10 April 1923) was an IRA general during the Irish Civil War. ... Clonmel (Cluain Meala in Irish) is a medium-sized town situated in south County Tipperary, Ireland. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Austin Stack (December 7, 1879-April 27, 1929) was an Irish revolutionary. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... Statue of James Larkin on OConnell Street James (Big Jim) Larkin (1874-1947), an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist was born in Liverpool, England on 28 January 1874, of Irish parents. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara (October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and the Republican anti-Treaty opposition in... Frank Aiken Anti-Treaty IRA Chief of Staff, later Irish government minister and Tánaiste. ... The Irish Civil War (June 1922–April 1923) was a conflict between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 6, 1921, which established the Irish Free State, precursor of todays Republic of Ireland. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 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Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Anglo-Irish Treaty refers to a agreement between the British government and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... The 4th Dáil was elected on August 27, 1923 and first met on September 19 when the 2nd Executive Council was appointed. ... Leinster House The former palace of the Duke of Leinster. ... This could be: Michael Peter Hayes - the U.S. record producer, also known as Mickie Most. ... The Ceann Comhairle1 is the chairman or speaker of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... William Thomas Cosgrave, (June 6, 1880 - November 16, 1965) served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932. ... The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... Mallow (Mala, Magh Ealla, and other variations in Irish) is the Crossroads of Munster and the administrative capital of north County Cork, in Ireland. ... The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ... William Thomas Cosgrave, (June 6, 1880 - November 16, 1965) served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, mystic and public figure. ...

Arts and literature

Sports

• The All-Ireland Champions are Galway (hurling) and Dublin (football)

Births

• February 9 - Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright.
• May 2 - Patrick Hillery, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and sixth President of Ireland.
• October 23 - Paddy Donegan, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.
• December 25 - Jim Tunney, former chairman of Fianna Fáil.

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Brendan Francis Behan (9 February 1923-20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Dr. Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr-och-tas) or National Parliament. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Paddy Donegan (October 29, 1923 - November 26, 2000) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr-och-tas) or National Parliament. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... Jim Tunney (1923 - January 16, 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...

Deaths