- 1949 in Ireland
Events
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March 22 - TheIrish Government leases a residence in thePhoenix Park to theUnited States government for a period of 99 years. It will be the residence of the U.S. ambassador.
*April 17 - At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute onO'Connell Bridge ,Dublin , ushers in theRepublic of Ireland .
*April 29 - Major de Courcy Wheeler, the man who accepted the surrender ofPatrick Pearse in1916 , presents PresidentSeán T. O'Kelly with Pearse's revolver at a special function atÁras an Uachtaráin .
*May 3 - TheBritish Government passes an act guaranteeing the position ofNorthern Ireland as part of theUnited Kingdom as long as a majority of its citizens want it to be. The government also recognises the existence of theRepublic of Ireland .
*May 10 - TheOireachtas motion calls a "Protest Against Partition" because of theIreland Act provisions.
*May 13 -John A. Costello ,Éamon de Valera ,William Norton andSeán MacBride share a platform to protest the British government's attitude to the constitutional status ofNorthern Ireland .
*May 25 - Princess Elizabeth and theDuke of Edinburgh receive the freedom ofBelfast during a visit to the city.
*June 26 - 80,000 people gather inCroke Park to affirm the pledge as members of the teetotal Pioneer Total Abstinence Society.
*July 9 The last tram runs fromNelson Pillar to Blackrock and will be the last tram run until theLuas .
*July 12 -Douglas Hyde , firstPresident of Ireland and founder of theGaelic League , dies inDublin aged 89.
*August 24 -Tánaiste William Norton tells the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg that Ireland would not agree to a customs union of westernEurope an states.
*November 8 - Street names in any language other than English are prohibited by an Amendment to a Bill passed in the Senate ofNorthern Ireland .
*November 20 - Students and professional staff celebrate the centenary ofUniversity College Galway .Arts and literature
Sport
Football
*League of Ireland::Winners: Drumcondra
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FAI Cup ::Winners: Dundalk 3 - 0 Shelbourne.Golf
*Irish Open is won by Harry Bradshaw (
Ireland ).Births
January to June
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5 January -Nuala Ahern , Green PartyMember of the European Parliament representingLeinster .
*16 January - RF Foster, historian.
*20 January - Michael Ahern,Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State.
*2 February -John McAreavey , Bishop of Dromore.
*6 February -Jim Sheridan , film director.
*12 February -Fergus Slattery , international rugby player.
*February -Joan Burton , Labour Party Deputy Leader, TD for Dublin West.
*3 March -Frank Chambers , formerFianna Fáil senator.
*3 March -Ben Dunne , former chief executive ofDunnes Stores .
*9 April -Sorcha Cusack , actress.
*18 April -Peter Caffrey , actor (d.2008).
*18 April -Avril Doyle ,Fine Gael Member of the European Parliament representingLeinster .
*1 May -Joe Higgins , former Socialist Party TD.
*18 May -Pat Rabbitte , former Leader of the Labour Party.
*23 May -Martin Cahill ,Dublin criminal, shot and killed (d.1994).July to December
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11 July -Shane Ross , journalist, member of the22nd Seanad representing theUniversity of Dublin .
*13 July - Bryan Murray, actor.
*18 August - John O'Leary, golfer.
*20 August -Phil Lynott , singer and songwriter (d.1986).
*26 August - Thomas Murphy, Irish republican.
*27 August -Ann Murray ,mezzo-soprano .
*1 September -Liam Fitzgerald , formerFianna Fáil TD and Senator.
*4 September -Michael McKevitt , Irish republican convicted of directingterrorism as leader of theReal IRA .
*9 September -Charlie Bird , journalist and broadcaster, Chief News Correspondent withRTÉ .
*30 September -Charlie McCreevy , formerFianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister,European Commissioner .
*October -Enda Bonner ,Fianna Fáil Councillor , former Senator.
*3 October -Jim McDaid -Fianna Fáil TD representingDonegal North East , former Cabinet Minister.
*20 October -Eddie Macken , show jumper.Full date unknown
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Joe Callanan , formerFianna Fáil TD.
*Sean Delaney , former soccer player and coach (d.2004).
*Johnny Flaherty , Offaly hurler.
*Seán Foley , former Limerick hurler.
*Dermot Gleeson , barrister, businessman, formerAttorney General .
*Pat Moylan, Cork hurler.
*Billy Roche , playwright and writer.
*Gabriel Rosenstock , poet.
*Jackie Tabick , first female rabbi in Britain.Deaths
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18 January -James Magee , cricketer (b.1872).
*2 March -Cecil Lowry-Corry, 6th Earl Belmore ,High Sheriff and councillor (b.1873).
*29 April -Timothy J. Murphy ,Labour Party (Ireland) TD.
*23 May -Dan Comyn , cricketer (b.1872).
*12 July -Douglas Hyde , member of theSeanad in1922 and1938 ; firstPresident of Ireland and Gaelic scholar (b.1860).
*10 September -Brian Brady ,Fianna Fáil TD.
*8 October -Edith Anna Somerville , novelist (b.1858).
*14 November -Jimmy Dunne , soccer player (b.1905).Full date unknown
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Robert Wilson Lynd , writer (b.1879).
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