1938 in Ireland

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January 17 - The Ford Motor Works in Cork City produces its 25,000th car to be built there.
April 13 - The Department of Local Government & Public Health reports that cases of typhoid and diphtheria have reduced, however, infant deaths have increased.
April 21 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is selected unanimously by the two main political parties to serve as the first President of Ireland.
April 26 - The text of the Anglo-Irish Agreement is publised. The agreement results in the transfer of the ports at Cobh, Berehaven and Lough Swilly in return for a one-off payment of £10 million.
May 10 - The government makes an order converting the "Saorstát pound" to the "Irish pound" as part of the new constitutions reforms.
May 24 - The new Anti-Partition Party takes eight seats in a unionist-controlled Derry Corporation.
June 25 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is formally inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
July 11 - Three Cork Harbour forts are returned to the Irish Government.
August 8 - Dublin Corporation purchases 16 sets of traffic lights.
August 21 - The £50,000 20,000-seat Cusack Stand is officially opened at Gaelic Athletic Association haedquarters in Croke Park.
September 12 - Eamon de Valera is elected President of the Assembley of the League of Nations in geneva.
October 3 - Britain's last forts in the 26 counties are handed back to the people of Ireland.
December 17 - The Gaelic Athletic Association confirms that the President of Ireland, Dr. Douglas Hyde, will cease to be a patron of the organisation because of his attendance at an international soccer match.