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List of events
Events from the year 1929 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- 17 January – all cats from abroad, except Great Britain, are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies.
- 8 February – a
Belfast court sentences
Fianna Fáil leader,
Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering
County Armagh.
- 20 February – Major-General
Seán Mac Eoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, is appointed Chief of Staff of the
army.
- 12 May
- 22 May –
Northern Ireland general election for the
Parliament of Northern Ireland, the first held following abolition of
proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat territorial constituencies. The
Ulster Unionist Party retains a substantial majority.
- 23 June – 300,000 people attend the Pontifical High Mass at the
Phoenix Park to mark the end of the
Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations.
- 11 July – the restored
General Post Office, Dublin, is officially opened by
President
W. T. Cosgrave.
- 22 July – the
Shannon hydro-electric scheme at
Ardnacrusha,
County Clare is opened.
- August – Censorship of Publications Act sets up the
Censorship of Publications Board.
- 21 October – the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme is handed over to the ESB (
Electricity Supply Board), bringing electricity to
Galway and
Dublin.
- 24 October – start of
Wall Street Crash; Ireland's economy suffers.
- Six banks in
Northern Ireland begin to issue
banknotes in
sterling.
- Primary Certificate introduced, but optional, at end of primary education.
-
Fordson tractor production is moved to
Cork from the United States.
-
Inishtrahull is depopulated (other than lighthouse keepers).
Arts and literature
Sport
Gaelic Games
- The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kerry (football).
Golf
Motor racing
Births
- 9 January –
Brian Farrell, author, journalist, academic and broadcaster (died 2014).
- 7 February
- 10 February –
Liam Ó Murchú, television broadcaster (died 2015).
- 14 February –
Noel Lemass,
Fianna Fáil
TD (died 1976).
- 27 February –
Richie Ryan,
Fine Gael
TD, Cabinet Minister and
MEP (died 2019).
- 11 March –
Erskine Barton Childers, writer and broadcaster (died 1996).
- 15 March –
Paddy Buggy,
Kilkenny hurler,
President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (died 2013).
- 1 April –
Michael O'Herlihy, television director (died 1997).
- 9 April –
James McLoughlin,
Roman Catholic
Bishop of
Galway (died 2005).
- 14 May –
Brendan O'Reilly, broadcaster and actor (died 2001).
- 9 June –
Shay Gibbons, international soccer player (died 2006).
- 11 July –
David Kelly, actor (died 2012).
- 20 August –
Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2013).
- 7 September –
T. P. McKenna, character actor (died 2011).
- 9 September –
Mervyn Jaffey, cricketer.
- 17 September –
David Craig,
Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom).
- 9 October –
Michael Dargan, cricketer (died 2023).
- 16 October –
James Kelly,
Irish Army officer cleared of attempting to import arms for the
IRA in the 1970
Arms Trial (died 2003).
- 28 October –
Paddy Keaveney,
Independent Fianna Fáil
TD (died 1995).
- 14 November –
Jimmy Gray, GAA sportsman (died 2023).
- 20 November –
Ned Power,
Waterford hurler (died 2007).
- 21 November –
Niall Toibin, comedian and actor (died 2019).
- 23 December –
Ouida Ramón-Moliner, anaesthetist (died 2020).
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- Full date unknown
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Deaths
- February –
Jim Connell, political activist, writer of
The Red Flag (born
1852).
- 6 March –
Thomas Taggart, politician in the United States (born
1856; died in U.S.)
- 23 March –
William Sears, newspaper proprietor, member of
1st Dáil representing
South Mayo (Pro Treaty).
- 27 April –
Austin Stack,
Sinn Féin
MP and
TD, member of
1st Dáil (born
1879).
- 28 April –
Alice Stopford Green, historian and nationalist, Independent member of the
Seanad in 1922, 1925 and 1928 (born
1847).
- 29 April –
Otto Jaffe, twice elected as
Irish Unionist Party
Lord Mayor of Belfast (born
1846).
- 1 May –
Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter (born
1859; died on Isle of Wight).
- 28 May –
Alice Stopford Green, nationalist, historian and journalist (born
1847).
- 5 July –
Ted Sullivan,
Major League Baseball player and manager (born
1851; died in U.S.)
- 12 July –
Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet soldier,
Seanad member (born
1849).
- 11 August –
Jer Doheny,
Kilkenny hurler (born
1874).
- 10 October –
Rose Mary Barton, watercolourist (born
1856).
- 19 October –
Feardorcha Ó Conaill, Gaelic scholar (born
1876; died in traffic accident)
- 18 November –
T. P. O'Connor, journalist and
member of parliament (born
1848).
- Full date unknown –
Grace Rhys, novelist (born
1865; died in U.S.)
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