1924 in Ireland

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Events

• January 15 - The last internee at Kilmainham Gaol, Ernie O'Malley, is transferred to St. Bricin's Military Hospital.
• April 20 - Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
• April 24 - No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
• May 6 - James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.
• May 30 - A new licensing Bill is introduced by the Minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins. Bars are allowed open between 9am and 10pm and the sale of alcohol is limited to those over the age of 18.
• July 3 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that the teaching of Irish is to be made compulsory in all schools.
• August 18 - Ireland's first rodeo opens at Croke Park.
• October 1 - Defence Forces established, incorporating the National Army.
• October 24 - Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland.
• November 7 - The President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave, announces an amnesty for criminal acts committed during the Civil War in connection with the attempt to overthrow the lawfully established government.
• undated - Dublin Corporation officially renames Sackville Street to O'Connell Street.

Arts and literature

• March 3 - Sean O'Casey's drama Juno and the Paycock opens at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.^[1]
• George Moore publishes the novel Peronnik the Fool.
• W. B. Yeats publishes the drama The Cat and the Moon, and Certain Poems.

Sport

Football

• League of Ireland

Winners: Bohemians

• FAI Cup

Winners: Athlone Town 1 - 0 Fordsons

Played at Dalymount Park, Dublin on 17 March 1924.

Gaelic Games

• The All-Ireland Champions are Dublin (hurling) and Kerry (Gaelic football)

Births

• 14 January - Francis Gerard Brooks, Bishop of Dromore (1976–1979)
• 25 January - Tomás Mac Giolla, TD and leader of the Workers' Party (died 2010).
• 28 January - Sonny Hool, cricketer (died 1988).
• 8 March - Sean McClory, actor (died 2003).
• 26 May - Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (died 1993).
• 30 May - Tom Leonard, Fianna Fáil TD (died 2004).
• 26 June - Dermot Ryan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (died 1985).
• 3 August - Jim Gibbons, former Fianna Fáil TD, Member of the European Parliament and Cabinet Minister (died 1997).
• 7 September - Donal Creed, former Fine Gael TD and MEP.
• 5 October - Kieron Moore, actor (died 2007).
• 21 December - Christy O'Connor Snr, golfer.

Full date unknown

• Mick Kennefick, Cork hurler (died 1982).
• David Marcus, writer.
• George Redmond, former Assistant City and County Manager in Dublin, accused of corruption.

Deaths

• 29 March - Charles Villiers Stanford, composer (born 1852).
• 18 May - James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon, Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland (born 1850).
• 26 May - Victor Herbert, composer, cellist and conductor (born 1859).
• 5 June - William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel, peer and Liberal politician (born 1833).
• 6 June - William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and businessman (born 1847).
• 20 June - James Nowlan, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1901–1921) (born 1855).

Full date unknown

• William Carrigan, Canon of the Diocese of Ossory and historian
• Marjorie Robinson, artist (born 1858)