1939 in Ireland

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See also: 1938 in Ireland, other events of 1939, 1940 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

1 Events
2 Sports
3 Births
4 Deaths

[edit] Events

January 11 - The INTO Congess in Galway calls on the government to abolish the ban on married women teachers.
January 28 - William Butler Yeats, poet, playwright and senator, dies aged 73.
February 12 - The Department of External Affairs announces that it recognises the government of General Francisco Franco.
March 12 - An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera attends the coronation of Pope Pius XII in Rome.
March 16 - Éamon de Valera is greeted by Benito Mussolini in Rome. A luncheon is held in honour of An Taoiseach.
March 22 - Ireland's neutrality is discussed during a Dáil debate on defence estimates. The government considered the implications to the export market to Britain if a neutral stand is taken.
March 30 - The Treason Bill passes its fifth and final stage in Dáil Éireann.
April 9 - The Gaelic Athletic Association votes to keep the name of President Douglas Hyde off its list of patrons. The situation arose when the President attended an international soccer game.
April 17 - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, dismisses the Dublin government's position of neutrality as cowardly.
April 19 - In a speech to Seanad Éireann An Taoiseach Éamon de Valera refers to the dropping of all references to the King and Great Britain from new Irish passports.
May 4 - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland announces that conscription will not be extended to Northern Ireland.
May 18 - The Earl of Iveagh presents the Irish Government with his Dublin townhouse.
June 2 - The Treason Act 1939 becomes law. A sentence of death may be passed on anyone convicted of levying war against the State.
September 1 - A state of emergency is declared by the government.
September 2 - An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera tells the Dáil that Ireland will remain neutral in the European War.
September 3 - The Emergency Powers Act comes into force today as Britain and France declare war on Germany.
September 4 - SS Athenia torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean. Knut Nelson (Norway) lands 450 survivors in Galway.
September 13 - The Minister for Supplies, Sean Lemass, introduces petrol rationing.
October 30 - More than two dozen air-raid sirens, acquired by the Corporation, are tested across Dublin City.
December 23 - 1 million rounds of ammunition are stolen from the national arsenal at the Phoenix Park by pro-Nazi elements of the IRA.

[edit] Sports

FAI Cup Shelbourne FC win the blue riband of Irish football for the first time after a replay against Sligo Rovers. English football goalscoring legend 'Dixie' Dean plays in the final for Rovers.

[edit] Births

January 28 - Seamus Heaney, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
February 2 - Desmond O'Malley, former Fianna Fáil TD and founder of the Progressive Democrats.
March 24 - John McCartin, Member of the European Parliament, member of the Seanad
April 13 - Seamus Heaney, poet, writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
May 9 - Padraig Flynn, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and European Commissioner.
August 16 - Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
October 11 - Austin Currie, founder-member of the SDLP and former Fine Gael TD.
November 2 - John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Ross (1997 - )
December 8 - James Galway, flute player.

[edit] Deaths

January 28 - William Butler Yeats, poet, 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, nominated by the President of the Executive Council in the Seanad in 1922 and 1925
June 28 - James Dowdall, company director, Independent member of the 1922 Seanad and continued as a senator until 1936 - nominated by the President of the Executive Council on four occasions
September 8 - Colonel Maurice George Moore, author and soldier, Independent member of the 1922 Seanad, served until 1939
December 14 - Samuel Lombard Brown KC, Independent member of 1922 Seanad, elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sir Horace Plunkett.