8 January - The Council of State meets for the first time when PresidentDouglas Hyde test the constitutionality of the Offences Against the State Bill.
15 January - Gas rationing ends in Dublin for the first time since 1942.
4 April - Captain EG Hitzen hands over a flag surrendered during the 1916 Easter Rising. He also discusses his capture of Éamon de Valera.
18 June - A 36-foot shark is spotted off the coast of County Donegal.
7 September - In OttawaTaoiseachJohn A. Costello announces the government intends to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with Britain.
13 September - 500 people attend a 1798 Rebellion commemoration on the hills overlooking Belfast.