- 1925 in Ireland
Events
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February 11 - In theDáil a resolution is passed making it illegal for any citizen to secure a divorce with the right to re-marry in the State.
*March 10 - ThePrime Minister of Northern Ireland , James Craig, announces the impending dissolution of the parliament. He says the election will be fought on the Boundary Commission.
*March 16 - At a meeting of the Boundary Commission inCounty Down witnesses from Newry and Kilkeel support being included in theIrish Free State .
*April 2 - The Dublin Metropolitan Police merges with the Civic Guard under a new Act. The new organisation will be known asAn Garda Síochána
*April 3 - TheDáil accepts the governments motion on the Shannon Power Scheme. Messrs Siemens-Schuchert will be the contractors.
*May 26 - The Shannon Electricity Bill is passed inDáil Éireann . £5.2 million is needed to finance the scheme.
*July 1 - It is announced that Alexander Hull & Co. Building Contractors are to re-build theGeneral Post Office, Dublin at a cost of £50,000.
*July 9 - InDublin , Oonagh Keogh becomes the first female member of astock exchange in the world.
*August 5 -Annie Walsh became the last woman to be executed in Ireland; she had murdered her husband.
*December 3 - A settlement on the boundary question is presented inLondon . Controversially, the commission recommends no change to the border.Arts and literature
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George Bernard Shaw awardedNobel Prize in Literature .port
Football
*League of Ireland::Winners: Shamrock Rovers
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FAI Cup ::Winners: Shamrock Rovers 2 - 1 ShelbourneGaelic Games
*The All-Ireland Champions are Tipperary (hurling) and Galway (football)
Births
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1 May - Edmund Fitzgibbon, retiredBishop of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Warri inNigeria .
*17 May -Michael Herbert , formerFianna Fáil TD and MEP (d.2006).
*3 June -Tom Scannell , soccer player.
*16 June - Ian Anderson, former President of the Legislative Council of theIsle of Man (d.2005).
*27 June -Martin O'Toole , formerFianna Fáil TD and senator.
*16 July - Joe Lynch, actor (d.2001).
*26 August - Thomas Finnegan, Bishop of Killala (1987 - 2002 ).
*28 August -Robin Lawler , soccer player (d.1981).
*1 September - Michael J. Cleary, formerRoman Catholic Bishop of theDiocese of Banjul ,Gambia .
*16 September -Charles Haughey , formerTaoiseach and leader ofFianna Fáil (d.2006).
*15 September -Jerry Cronin ,Fianna Fáil TD Cabinet Minister and MEP (d.1990).
*1 October -Brendan O'Dowda ,tenor singer (d.2002).
*18 October -George Colley ,Fianna Fáil TD, held six Ministerial posts includingTánaiste (d.1983).
*30 October -Reg Ryan , soccer player (d.1997).
*22 December -Lewis Glucksman , businessman, philanthropist, patron of theLewis Glucksman Gallery at UCC (d.2006).Full date unknown
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Anthony Cronin , poet.
*Willie John Daly , former Cork hurler.
*Ciaran MacMathuna , former broadcaster, music collector.
*Nick O'Donnell , Kilkenny and Wexford hurler (d.1988).
*Maureen Potter , singer, actress and comedian (d.2004).
*Mick Ryan , Tipperary hurler (d.2007).Deaths
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1 January -James Clayton Love , member of the1922 Seanad .
*17 February -George Sigerson , surgeon and writer, member of the1922 Seanad .
*7 June -Matt Talbot , manual labourer and ascetic (b.1856).
*22 June -Matthew Gibney , priest, in 1880 inAustralia , tended the seemingly seriously woundedNed Kelly , heard his confession and gave him the last rites (b.1835).
*27 October -Darrell Figgis , writer,Sinn Féin activist and independent politician (b.1882).
*28 October -George W. Joy , painter (b.1844).
*4 November -Paddy Hannan ,gold prospector whose discovery in1893 nearKalgoorlie ,Western Australia set off agold rush (b.1840).Full date unknown
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Eglantyne Louisa Jebb , social reformer (b.1845).
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