1923 in Ireland - Definition

See also: 1922 in Ireland, other events of 1923, 1924 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 13 - Beechpark, the residence of President W.T. Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire.
• January 22 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces the Irish is to become a subject for competetive examination in the Civil Service.
• February 18 - An amnesty for IRA Irregulars expires on this day. It was introduced by the Minister for Home Affairs, Kevin O'Higgins.
• April 10 - Liam Lynch, Chief of the Irregulars, is wounded and captured. His subsequent death in Clonmel is also announced by the army.
• April 14 - Austin Stack is captured by Free State troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
• April 30 - Thousands turn up to greet Jim Larkin as he returns to Ireland after a nine year absence.
• May 28 - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on May 24. The letters, signed by Eamon de Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over.
• July 20 - Eamon de Valera appeals to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the upcoming general election.
• August 15 - Eamon de Valera is arrested at an election meeting in Ennis, County Clare.
• September 17 - 33 members present themselves at Leinster House for the swearing in of the new Dáil. No Republicans attend.
• September 19 - The Fourth Dáil meets for the first time at Leinster House. Michael Hayes is elected Ceann Comhairle and W.T. Cosgrave is elected President of the Executive Council.
• October 15 - The Mallow Viaduct over the River Blackwater is officially re-opened by President W.T. Cosgrave.
• November 14 - The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to poet and playwright William Butler Yeats.

Arts and literature

Sports

• The All-Ireland Champions are Galway (hurling) and Dublin (football)

Births

• February 9 - Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright.
• May 2 - Patrick Hillery, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and sixth President of Ireland.
• October 23 - Paddy Donegan, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.

Deaths