1946 in Ireland

Events

*3 January - William Joyce, alias Lord Haw Haw, is hanged in Wandsworth Prison for treason.
*7 January - The Minister for Education, Tomás Ó Deirg, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate.
*21 January - Work starts on a comprehensive Irish-English dictionary.
*4 February - It is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin.
*17 June - Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin-Paris air service.
*6 July - A new republican political party, Clann na Poblachta, is formed in Dublin.
*25 July - Éamon de Valera's motion to apply for membership of the United Nations is accepted in the Dáil.
*6 August - On the first anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Captain Bob Lewis, the co-pilot of the "Enola Gay", the aircraft which dropped the bomb, arrives at Shannon Airport, completing his first flight as a civil aviation pilot.
*12 August - a plane bringing 23 French girl guides to Dublin crashed into the side of Djouce Mountain in Wicklow. [ [http://www.heritageireland.info/djoucemountain/reports.html French Plane Crash, Djouce, Co. Wicklow, 1946 ] ]
*28 August - [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI284Y1946.html An order] is signed removing Ireland from the state of emergency in existence since 1939 - it becomes effective on 2 September.
*29 August - George Bernard Shaw is honoured by being made a freeman of Dublin.
*6 October - 70 primary school teachers protest on the pitch in Croke Park at half-time during the Kerry-Roscommon All-Ireland Football Final due to low pay.
*22 November - Walt Disney arrives in Dublin. He has a meeting with the Folklore Commission to further his investigation of leprechauns for a forthcoming film.
*18 December - The government announces the release of 24 internees, including Brendan Behan.

Art and literature

port

Football

*League of Ireland::Winners: Cork United

*FAI Cup::Winners: Drumcondra 2 - 1 Shamrock Rovers.

Golf

*Irish Open is won by Fred Daly (Northern Ireland).

Births

January to June

*21 January - James Crowley, former Sinn Féin MP and TD and Cumann na nGaedhael TD.
*2 February - Tony Byrne, former soccer player.
*2 April - Ruairí Quinn, former leader of the Irish Labour Party and Cabinet Minister, TD for Dublin South East.
*9 April - Charlie O'Connor, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South West.
*15 April - Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam (1995 - ).
*17 April - Henry Kelly, journalist, writer and television presenter.
*25 April - Peter Sutherland, barrister, businessman and former politician.
*May - Mary Upton, Labour Party (Ireland) TD for Dublin South Central.
*18 June - Ray Treacy, soccer player and manager.

July to September

*12 July - Seán Keane, fiddle player with The Chieftains.
*10 August - Jimmy Conway, soccer player.
*6 August - Brendan Ryan, former Independent then Labour Party Senator.
*12 September - Pat Moylan, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 2007—
*29 September - Michael Keating, former Fine Gael TD and Minister, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
*2 October - Terry Conroy, soccer player.
*19 October - Jim Mitchell, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (d.2002).
*1 December - Gilbert O'Sullivan, pop singer/songwriter.
*27 December - Joe Kinnear, soccer player and manager.
*31 December - Martin Mansergh, historian and Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South.

Full date unknown

*Ned Byrne, former Kilkenny hurler.
*BP Fallon, author and photographer.
*Séamus Horgan, former Limerick hurler.
*Charlie McCarthy, former Cork hurler.
*Tom McGurk, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
*Con Roche, former Cork hurler.

Deaths

January to June

*16 January - Bill O'Callaghan, Cork hurler (b. c1869).
*19 January - Pádraic Ó Máille, Sinn Féin MP and TD, Fianna Fáil Senator (b.1878).
*21 January - James Crowley, Sinn Féin TD, member 1st Dáil and Cumann na nGaedhael TD.
*27 February - James Cecil Parke, international rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist (b.1881).
*9 March - John J. Glennon, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and Cardinal (b.1862).
*20 March - Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown, peer (b.1868).
*20 April - Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, feminist, suffragette and writer (b.1877).

July to December

*22 August - John Philip Bagwell, general manager Great Northern Railways, Seanad member (b.1874).
*23 August - Samuel Cunningham, politician and Irish Privy Councillor (b.1862).
*28 August - Frederick Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Army commander in World War I, later Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Field Marshal (b.1865).
*20 October - William Bernard Barry, politician in the United States (b.1902).
*13 November - Patrick McLane, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (b.1875).
*16 December - Blayney Hamilton, cricketer (b.1872).
*30 December - Mick Ahern, Cork hurler (b.1905).

Full date unknown

*Jack White, soldier, trade unionist, one of the co-founders of the Irish Citizen Army (b.1879).

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