1944 in Ireland

Events

*January 26 - W. T. Cosgrave officially resigns as leader of no Fine Gael.
*March 10 - The United States alleges that Ireland's neutrality is operating in favour of the Axis Powers.
*March 13 - The British Government bans all travel between Great Britain and Ireland.
*March 22 - "Cymric" (Capt. C. Cassidy) lost between Ardrossan and Lisbon - 11 dead
*June 1 - The general election gives the ruling Fianna Fáil a majority of 14 seats over all other parties.
*June 7 - The Minister for Supplies, Seán Lemass, announces further rationing of electricity.
*July 21 - "Irish Fir" (Capt, J.P. Kelly) reports a 'near miss' torpedo attack in North Atlantic.
*August 22 - Men from Tyrone and Fermanagh form an Anti-Partition League in Dublin.
*November 29 - The Chief Genealogical Officer issues County Dublin with a coat of arms, the first county to receive such a distinction.
*November 30 - General Eoin O'Duffy, former leader of the Blueshirts, dies aged 52.

Arts and literature

*John M. Feehan founds the successful Cork-based publishing house Mercier Press.

port

Football

*League of Ireland::Winners: Shelbourne

*FAI Cup::Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3 - 2 Shelbourne.

Golf

*Irish Open is not played with Austin Powers due to The Emergency.

Births

January to June

*2 January - Martin Drennan, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh.
*5 January - Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, businessman and senator.
*7 January - Joe McGowan, historian, folklorist and author.
*8 February - Brian Farrell, Roman Catholic bishop in the Roman Curia.
*22 February - Richard Higgins, Titular Bishop of the Casae Calanae and an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.
*10 April - Leo O'Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore (1998 - ).
*21 May - Gerry Murphy, soccer coach.
*21 May - Mary Robinson, first female and seventh President of Ireland (1990 - 1997), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997 - 2002).
*24 May - Raymond Field, Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Dublin.
*25 May - Tom Munnelly, folk-song collector (d.2007).
*27 May - Hugh Lambert, journalist and editor (d.2005).
*30 May - Liam Naughten, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1995 until his death. (d.1996)
*5 June - Colm Wilkinson, singer and actor.
*29 June - Seán Doherty, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.2005).
*June - Paul Coghlan, Fine Gael Senator.
*June - Paul Connaughton, Fine Gael TD for Galway East.

July to December

*3 July - Tim O'Malley, former Progressive Democrats TD.
*17 July - Vincent Browne, journalist, RTE broadcaster.
*31 July - David Norris, member of the Seanad representing University of Dublin.
*7 August - Brendan McWilliams, meteorologist and science writer (d.2007).
*9 August - Seán Barrett, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.
*1 September - Pat Upton, Irish Labour Party TD (d.1999).
*1 September - Eamonn Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1990 - ).
*9 September - Bernard Allen, Fine Gael TD for Cork North Central.
*24 September - Eavan Boland, poet.
*16 October - Paul Durcan, poet.
*19 October - Liam Lawlor, Fianna Fáil politician, resigned following a finding that he had failed to co-operate with a planning irregularities investigation (d.2005).
*October - Emmet Stagg, Irish Labour Party TD for Kildare North.
*30 November - John Boland, senior Fine Gael politician (d.2000).
*28 December - Noel Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North West and Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works.

Full date unknown

*Seymour Crawford, Fine Gael TD for Cavan-Monaghan.
*Tom Garvin, political scientist and historian.
*Noel Skehan, former Kilkenny hurler.
*Tom Walsh, former Kilkenny hurler.

Deaths

*15 March - Thomas Byrne, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan (b.1866).
*25 April - Tony Mullane, Major League Baseball player (b.1859).
*12 May - Edel Quinn, lay missionary (b.1907).
*10 June - Frank Ryan, member of the Irish Republican Army, editor of "An Phoblacht", leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War (b.1902).
*19 September - David Lord, Royal Air Force pilot, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Arnhem (b.1913).
*6 November - Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, British politician and businessman, assassinated in Cairo by the Zionist group Lehi (Stern Gang) (b.1880).
*28 November - Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet, Unionist MP and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925-1937 (b.1864).
*30 November - Eoin O'Duffy, first leader of Fine Gael and the Blueshirts, leader of Irish volunteers on the Nationalist side of the Spanish Civil War (b.1892).
*1 December - Charlie Kerins, Chief of Staff of the IRA, convicted of murder ofGarda Siochána officer and hanged (b.1918).

Full date unknown

*Mainie Jellett, painter (b.1897).