1921 in Ireland

Events

*February 5 - In Brighton, England, the widow of Charles Stewart Parnell, Katherine Parnell, dies aged 76.
*April 27 - In the Dáil, Éamon de Valera accuses the delegation to London of having ignored its instructions. Arthur Griffith accuses de Valera of knowing at the time that a Republic could not be achieved.
*May 13 - As nominations close in the elections for both Northern and Southern parliaments, Sinn Féin takes 124 of the 128 seats available in the Southern parliament. All are returned unopposed and deemed elected.
*May 25 - The British Army surrounds the Customs House in Dublin as it is attacked and set on fire.
*May 29 - With just three seats remaining to be filled, the final outcome of the Northern Ireland Parliament show that unionists have a large majority.
*June 7 - The 40 elected unionist Members of Parliaments gather in Belfast City Hall. James Craig is elected as the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
*June 22 - The new Northern Ireland Parliament at Stormont is opened by King George V.
*July 4 - James Craig refuses to attend a peace conference in Dublin because the invitation by President Éamon de Valera was addressed to him personally instead of to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
*July 8 - At the Peace Conference in the Mansion House, Dublin, President de Valera accepts an invitation to meet the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Lloyd George, in London.
*July 11 - Under the terms of the truce which becomes effective at noon, the British Army agrees that there will be no provocative display of forces or incoming troops. The Irish Republican Army agrees that attacks on Crown forces will cease.
*August 16 - Following the election for the Southern Ireland Parliament, Sinn Féin Members of Parliaments assemble at the Mansion House as the Second Dáil.
*August 23 - The Northern Cabinet agrees that Stormont Castle will be the permanent site of the Northern Houses of Parliament.
*September 8 - David Lloyd George's final offer is delivered to Éamon de Valera. Sinn Féin is invited to discuss the proposals which would grant limited sovereignty within the British Empire.
*September 14 - Dáil Éireann selects five delegates to negotiate agreement with Lloyd George in London. The delegates include Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith.
*October 8 - The Irish delegation leaves for London to discuss the Treaty.
*October 9 - Large crowds greet the Irish delegation at Euston Station in London. Arthur Griffith tells the crowd that Éamon de Valera will not travel to London.
*December 6 - Agreement is reached in the Treaty negotiations in London. The main points of the agreement include the creation of an Irish Free State within the Commonwealth, an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown and the British naval services will be able to avail of certain Irish ports.
*December 16 - The British House of Commons accepts the Articles of Agreement. The House of Lords also votes to accept the Treaty by a large majority.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*The new Football Association of Ireland then known as the Free State FA is formed in Dublin after a split from the Belfast-based Irish Football Association. Shelbourne FC and Bohemian FC are amongst the eight founder members of the new Free State League. (See: FAI - Split from the IFA).

Gaelic Games

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

Births

January to June

*3 January - Eddie Gannon, soccer player (d.1989).
*24 January - Sybil Connolly, fashion designer (d.1998).
*January - Donagh O'Malley, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (d.1968).
*10 March - Bernard Devlin, retired Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar.
*25 March - John Joe McGirl, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (d.1988).
*14 April - Mona Tyndall, missionary sister and development worker (d.2000).
*31 May - Billy Walsh, soccer player and manager (d.2006).
*29 June - Desmond Leslie, pilot, filmmaker and writer (d.2001).

July to December

*23 July - Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic priest and author (d.1999).
*27 July - Tom Nolan, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister of State and MEP (d.1992).
*22 August - Michael Yeats, Fianna Fáil Seanad member and MEP (d.2007).
*8 September - Patrick Flynn, Liberal Party of Canada MP (d.1996).
*9 October - Egerton Bushe Coghill, painter (b.1853).
*22 November - Brian Cleeve, writer and television broadcaster (d.2003).
*17 December - Alice Glenn, former Fine Gael politician.
*24 December - Gerard Victory, composer (d.1995).

Full date unknown

*George Ashlin, architect (b.1837).
*Florrie Burke, soccer player.
*Cecil King, painter (d.1986).
*Tommy Murphy, Laois Gaelic footballer (d.1985).
*Patrick Scott, artist.
*Éamonn Young, Cork Gaelic footballer (d.2007).

Deaths

*5 January - James Rankin, lighthouse keeper in America (b.1844).
*28 April - Maurice Moore, Irish republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence, executed (b.1897).
*9 June - Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet, politician and barrister (b.1846).

Full date unknown

*James Gogarty, took part in 1890).