1929 in Ireland

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January 17 - All cats from abroad, except Great Britain, are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies.
February 8 - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
February 20 - Major-General Seán MacEoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, is appointed Chief of Staff of the army.
April 22 - The first talking film, The Singing Fool starring Al Jolson, opens in the Capitol Theatre in Dublin.
May 12 - After his resignation from the army Major-General Seán MacEoin receives the Cumann na nGaedhael nomination in the Sligo-Leitrim by-election.
- On the same day Maud Gonne MacBride is arrested and charged with seditious libel against the State.
June 23 - 300,000 people attend the Pontifical High Mass at the Phoenix Park to mark the end of the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations.
July 11 - The restored General Post Office is officially opened by President W.T. Cosgrave.
July 22 - The Shannon hydro-electric scheme at Ardnacrusha, County Clare is opened.
October 21 - The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme is handed over to the ESB (Electricity Supply Board), bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin.
Proportional Representation is abolished in Northern Ireland.
The first Irish banknotes are issued.
Ireland's economy suffers due to the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Primary Certificate - introduced, but optional, at end of primary education

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Winners: Shamrock Rovers 0 - 0, 3 - 0 Bohemians

March 23 - William Sears, newspaper proprietor, member of 1st Dáil representing Mayo South, (Pro Treaty).
April 1 - Austin Stack, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), former Minister for Home Affairs.
April 28 - Alice Stopford Green, Independent member of the Seanad in 1922, 1925 and 1928
July 12 - Sir Nugent Talbot Everard Bart, ex army officer and landowner, nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922, 1925 and 1928.
October 10 - Rose Mary Barton, artist