1945 in Ireland
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See also: 1944 in Ireland, other events of 1945, 1946 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Most traffic in the Irish Free State comes under the control of Córas Iompair Éireann.
- January 12 - The people of Ireland donate £100,000 to the starving people of Italy.
- April 13 - Dáil Éireann sits for 20 minutes to express sympathy and pay tribute to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died yesterday. The House is then adjourned
- April 27 - Fine Gael nominate General Seán MacEoin as their presidential election candidate in opposition to the Minister for Finance Seán T. O'Kelly.
- May 2 - In one of the most controversial episodes of his premiership, An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera calls on the German Ambassador to express his sympathy following the death of Adolf Hitler.
- May 7 - Reports of a German surrender bring students of Trinity College Dublin onto the roof singing the English and French national anthems. A riot ensues following the burning of the Irish tricolour.
- May 16 - Eamon de Valera replies in a radio broadcast to Winston Churchill's criticism of Irish neutrality.
- June 25 - Seán T. O'Kelly is inaugurated as the second President of Ireland.
- August 21 - Two nationalist MPs take the Oath of Allegiance and enter the Westminster parliament.
- September 16 - Count John McCormack, the famous tenor, dies in Dublin aged 61.
- October 15 - Professor Eoin MacNeill dies in Dublin aged 77. He was a founder-member of the Gaelic League and the Irish Volunteers.
- December 3 - Oranges go on sale in Ireland for the first time since the end of World War II.
- December 14 - The Nuremberg Trials hear the story of German plans to create a revolution in Ireland during the War.
- December 25 - In his presidential address President Ó Ceallaigh asks the youth of Ireland to make a particular effort to restore the Irish language.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
- April 8 - Most Reverend Dr Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin (2004 - )
- April 20 - Alan Dukes, former leader of Fine Gael.
- May 7 - Christy Moore, folk singer.
- June 12 - Pat Jennings, former Northern Ireland goalkeeper.
- June 20 - Denis Brennan, Bishop of Ferns (2006 - )
- August 3 - Eamon Dunphy, former footballer, commentator and broadcaster.
- August 31 - Van Morrison, singer and songwriter.
- September 15 - Donie Cassidy, Fianna Fáil TD representing Longford-Westmeath, businessman, driver of vehicles with 777 in registration
- October 16 - Joe Dolan, showband singer
- December 8 - John Banville, novelist.
- December 17 - The Most Reverend John Neill, Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland (2002 - )
- December 24 - Noel Davern, Fianna Fáil TD representing Tipperary South, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament
[edit] Deaths
- October 15 - Eoin MacNeill, university professor, Irish revolutionary TD and Gaelic scholar.
- April 4 - Henry Seymour Guinness, served as an Independent member of the Seanad from 1922
