13 April – delegates at the annual conference of the Farmers' Party reject proposals to merge with
Cumann na nGaedheal.
18 April – Celtic Park in
Belfast is opened. It is the first greyhound track in Ireland.
20 May – the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires bars to be closed all day on
Christmas Day and
Good Friday.
4 June – the results of the general election are a hung Dáil, with Fianna Fáil entering the Dáil for the first time and removing Cumann na nGaedheal's majority.
20 June – in a radio broadcast, the leader of
Fianna Fáil,
Éamon de Valera, says that the results of the general election prove that the people of Ireland want to get rid of the Oath of Allegiance.
29 June – a morning
Solar eclipse takes place across Ireland.
15 September – a new general election is called due to the hung Dáil; again it is very close, with Cumann na nGaedheal winning 62 seats, Fianna Fáil 57, Labour 13, the Farmers' Party 6, National League Party 2, and the Irish Worker League just one –
James Larkin.
Undated – The Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (re-designated the Patents Office by the Patents Act 1964) is established at 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.
13 April – delegates at the annual conference of the Farmers' Party reject proposals to merge with
Cumann na nGaedheal.
18 April – Celtic Park in
Belfast is opened. It is the first greyhound track in Ireland.
20 May – the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires bars to be closed all day on
Christmas Day and
Good Friday.
4 June – the results of the general election are a hung Dáil, with Fianna Fáil entering the Dáil for the first time and removing Cumann na nGaedheal's majority.
20 June – in a radio broadcast, the leader of
Fianna Fáil,
Éamon de Valera, says that the results of the general election prove that the people of Ireland want to get rid of the Oath of Allegiance.
29 June – a morning
Solar eclipse takes place across Ireland.
15 September – a new general election is called due to the hung Dáil; again it is very close, with Cumann na nGaedheal winning 62 seats, Fianna Fáil 57, Labour 13, the Farmers' Party 6, National League Party 2, and the Irish Worker League just one –
James Larkin.
Undated – The Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (re-designated the Patents Office by the Patents Act 1964) is established at 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.