1923 in Ireland
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See also: 1922 in Ireland, other events of 1923, 1924 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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[edit] Events
- January 13 - Beechpark, the residence of President W.T. Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire.
- January 10 - An order is signed creating the Revenue Commissioners.
- January 22 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that Irish is to become a subject for examination in the Civil Service.
- February 18 - An amnesty for IRA Irregulars expires on this day. It was introduced by the Minister for Home Affairs, Kevin O'Higgins.
- April 10 - Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, is wounded and captured. His subsequent death in Clonmel is also announced by the army.
- April 14 - Austin Stack is captured by Free State troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
- April 30 - Thousands turn up to greet Jim Larkin as he returns to Ireland after a nine year absence.
- May 28 - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on May 24. The letters, signed by Éamon de Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over.
- July 20 - Éamon de Valera appeals to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the upcoming general election.
- August 15 - Éamon de Valera is arrested at an election meeting in Ennis, County Clare.
- September 17 - 33 members present themselves at Leinster House for the swearing in of the new Dáil. No anti-Treaty republicans attend.
- September 19 - The Fourth Dáil meets for the first time at Leinster House. Michael Hayes is elected Ceann Comhairle and W.T. Cosgrave is elected President of the Executive Council.
- October 15 - The Mallow Viaduct over the River Blackwater is officially re-opened by President W.T. Cosgrave.
- November 14 - The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to poet and playwright William Butler Yeats.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sports
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers
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- Winners: Alton United 1 - 0 Shelbourne
- Belfast side Alton United of the Falls District League are shock winners of the Free State Cup beating Shelbourne 1-0 in the final at Dalymount Park. Clubs and leagues in republican areas of Northern Ireland had affiliated to the FA of the Irish Free State after the 1921 split from the Belfast based Irish Football Association.
[edit] Gaelic Games
- The All-Ireland Champions are Galway (hurling) and Dublin (football)
[edit] Births
- February 9 - Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright.
- May 2 - Patrick Hillery, former Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister, European Commissioner and sixth President of Ireland.
- May 24 - Siobhán McKenna, actress
- September 23 - Seán Treacy, former Labour Party Teachta Dála for Tipperary South, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
- October 23 - Paddy Donegan, former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister
[edit] Deaths
- 17 April - Laurence Ginnell, barrister-at-law and suthor, member of 1st Dáil representing Westmeath, Director of Propaganda (1919 to 1921).
- 23 April - Seán Etchingham, journalist, member of 1st Dáil representing Wicklow, Minister for Fisheries (1921).
- 29 April - Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (b.1860).
- 20 October - Thomas MacPartlin, trade union official, elected to 1922 Seanad.
