1931 in Ireland - Definition

See also: 1930 in Ireland, other events of 1931, 1932 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• February 12 - 16 members of the Ennis Dalcassian GAA club are expelled for attending the Ennis-Nenagh rugby match.
• April 3 - Persistent rainfall causes the banks of the River Lee to burst. Half the houses in Cork are flooded.
• May 7 - The Irish Youth Hostel Service, An Óige, is established.
• May 17 - Muintir na Tíre, the rural organisation, is founded by Canon John Hayes.
• August 13 - Law books return to the rebuily Four Courts where High Court business resumes. The Four Courts were destroyed during the Civil War.
• September 5 - The first issue of the Irish Press, the newspaper of Fianna Fáil, goes on sale today for 1d.
• September 27 - Saor Éire's first National Congress takes place in the Iona Hall in Dublin.
• December 4 - The derelict aerodrome at Collinstown in north County Dublin is considered as the site for a new civil airport.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

Deaths

• March 26 - Timothy Michael Healy, first Governor-General of the Irish Free State.