1940 in Ireland

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February 2 - Munster mined and sunk in Irish Sea
March 9 - Trawler Leulos sunk by gunfire from U-38, NW of Tory Island - 11 dead. (She moved between the surfacing U-boat and English trawlers, in the hope that the tricolour would protect her while the English escaped)
March 10 - City of Bremen rescues crew of Amor (Dutch) in the North Sea - 33 saved
March 29 - Fire destroys the roof and upper rooms of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
June 19 - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies established.
June 23 - Minister Frank Aiken encourages everyone to store food and water and to prepare a shelter in case of a direct hit.
July 4 - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted the previous September will not be reversed.
July 11 - Moyalla rescues survivors from Athellaird (British) off Cape Clear - 20 saved.
July 15 - City of Limerick bombed by aircraft and sunk in Bay of Biscay - 2 dead.
July 20 - City of Waterford shelled by submarine in North Atlantic - escaped
July 30 - Kyleclare rescues survivors from Clan Menzies (British) off Mayo coast - 52 saved.
August 1 - Collier Kerry Head bombed off Kinsale - survived this attack, but see October 22.
August 15 - Meath mined and sunk off the South Stack, Holy Island, Anglesey - crew rescued by a local trawler - 700 cattle lost
August 16 - Lock Ryan bombed off Lands End - survived
August 27 - Lanahrone rescues survivors from Goathland (British) off Kerry coast - 18 saved
September 4 - Luimneach sunk by gunfire from U-46 in Bay of Biscay.
October 3 - The German news agency announces that the German government is willing to pay compensation for dropping bombs on Dublin.
October 22 - Kerry Head bombed again, all 12 hands lost, in full view of watchers on Cape Clear Island
November 7 - Éamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by British forces while they retain control of Northern Ireland.
November 11 - Ardmore struck a mine off the Saltee Islands - 24 died
November 24 - James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.
December 19 - Isolda, a lightship tender, was sunk by German bombers, within sight of Carnsore Point - six killed, seven wounded
December 21 - Innisfallen - while leaving Liverpool she hit a mine off Wirral shore near New Brighton and sank - four died.
December 27 - Dr. John Charles McQuaid is consecrated as Archbishop of Dublin.