1924 in Ireland

1924 in Ireland

Events

*January 15 - The last internee at Kilmainham Gaol, Ernie O'Malley, is transferred to St. Bricin's Hospital.
*April 20 - Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the Easter Rising in 1916.
*April 24 - No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The government now sets up a Boundary Commission to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
*May 6 - James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.
*May 30 - A new licensing Bill is introduced by the Minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins. Pubs are allowed open between 9am and 10pm and the sale of alcohol is limited to those over the age of 18.
*July 3 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that the teaching of Irish is to be made compulsory in all schools.
*August 18 - Ireland's first rodeo opens at Croke Park.
*October 24 - Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after he defied an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland.
*November 7 - The President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave, announces an amnesty for criminal acts committed during the Civil War in connection with the attempt to overthrow the lawfully established government.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*League of Ireland::Winners: Bohemians

*FAI Cup::Winners: Athlone Town 1 - 0 Fordsons

Gaelic Games

*The All-Ireland Champions are Dublin (hurling) and Kerry (football)

Births

*14 January - Francis Gerard Brooks, Bishop of Dromore (1976 - 1979)
*25 January - Tomás Mac Giolla, former leader of the Workers' Party.
*28 January - Sonny Hool, cricketer (d.1988).
*8 March - Sean McClory, actor (d.2003).
*26 May - Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (d.1993).
*30 May - Tom Leonard, Fianna Fáil TD (d.2004).
*26 June - Dermot Ryan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (d.1985).
*3 August - Jim Gibbons, former Fianna Fáil TD, Member of the European Parliament and Cabinet Minister (d.1997).
*7 September - Donal Creed, former Fine Gael TD and MEP.
*5 October - Kieron Moore, actor (d.2007).
*21 December - Christy O'Connor Snr, golfer.

Full date unknown

*Mick Kennefick, Cork hurler (d.1982).
*David Marcus, writer.
*George Redmond, former Assistant City and County Manager in Dublin, accused of corruption.

Deaths

*29 March - Charles Villiers Stanford, composer (b.1852).
*26 May - Victor Herbert, composer, cellist and conductor (b.1859).
*5 June - William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel, peer and Liberal politician (b.1833).
*6 June - William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and businessman (b.1847).
*20 June - James Nowlan, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1901-1921) (b.1855).

Full date unknown

*James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon, Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland (b.1850).
*William Carrigan, Canon of the Diocese of Ossory and historian.


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