6 March – 3,800 animals are slaughtered after the fiftieth case of
foot-and-mouth disease is announced.
20 March – bread rationing is introduced.
21 March – Glencullen (Capt. T. Waldron) and Glencree (Capt. D. McLean) machine-gunned by
Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
22 March: 16:00 hours – collier St. Fintan (Capt. N. Hendry) attacked by two Luftwaffe bombers, off the coast of
Pembrokeshire and sunk with all hands – 9 dead.[3]
26 March – Edenvale (Capt. T. Tyrrell) bombed and machine-gunned by Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
27 March – Lady Belle (Capt. T. Donohue) bombed and machine-gunned by Luftwaffe in Irish Sea.[3]
2 April – Edenvale (Capt. T. Tyrrell) bombed and machine-gunned (again) by Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
2 June –
Arklow is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties.
24 July –
Dundalk is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties.
Summer – 16,000 men and boys are employed on county council
turf-cutting schemes.[1]
22 August – S.S. Clonlara (Capt. Joseph Reynolds) torpedoed and sunk by
U-564 in
North Atlantic while in
Convoy OG 71 ("Nightmare Convoy"): 13 survivors and 11 dead.[3]
6 March – 3,800 animals are slaughtered after the fiftieth case of
foot-and-mouth disease is announced.
20 March – bread rationing is introduced.
21 March – Glencullen (Capt. T. Waldron) and Glencree (Capt. D. McLean) machine-gunned by
Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
22 March: 16:00 hours – collier St. Fintan (Capt. N. Hendry) attacked by two Luftwaffe bombers, off the coast of
Pembrokeshire and sunk with all hands – 9 dead.[3]
26 March – Edenvale (Capt. T. Tyrrell) bombed and machine-gunned by Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
27 March – Lady Belle (Capt. T. Donohue) bombed and machine-gunned by Luftwaffe in Irish Sea.[3]
2 April – Edenvale (Capt. T. Tyrrell) bombed and machine-gunned (again) by Luftwaffe in
Bristol Channel.[3]
2 June –
Arklow is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties.
24 July –
Dundalk is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties.
Summer – 16,000 men and boys are employed on county council
turf-cutting schemes.[1]
22 August – S.S. Clonlara (Capt. Joseph Reynolds) torpedoed and sunk by
U-564 in
North Atlantic while in
Convoy OG 71 ("Nightmare Convoy"): 13 survivors and 11 dead.[3]