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List of events
Events from the year 1924 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
15 January – the last internee at
Kilmainham Gaol ,
Ernie O'Malley , is transferred to St. Bricin's Military Hospital.
7–18 March –
Irish Army Mutiny over demobilisation within the
National Army , led by
Liam Tobin 's
Irish Republican Army Organisation . The outcome affirms subservience of the military to the civilian government.
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20 April –
Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the 1916
Easter Rising .
24 April – 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 .
5 May –
Dublin Corporation officially renames Sackville Street to
O'Connell Street .
6 May –
James Craig refuses to nominate a
Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.
30 May – 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.
5 June – in an austerity budget, the
Minister for Finance , the only Northern Ireland Protestant to serve on a Republic of Ireland cabinet,
Ernest Blythe brings in the Old Age Pensions Act 1924, which cuts the old age pension by 10%, from 10/= to 9/= (ten shillings then being around £181 in 2014); an action still remembered with bitterness in Ireland .
3 July – the
Minister for Education ,
Eoin MacNeill , announces that the teaching of Irish is to be made compulsory in all schools.
2–18 August –
Tailteann Games are held in
Dublin .
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18 August – Ireland's first
rodeo opens at
Croke Park .
1 October –
Defence Forces established, incorporating the
National Army .
24 October –
Éamon de Valera is arrested at
Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in
Northern Ireland .
7 November – 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.
19 November – Cardinal
Michael Logue ,
Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of All Ireland , dies, having held office since
1887 , and is succeeded by
Patrick O'Donnell .
Arts and literature
Sport
Gaelic Games
Births
January –
Rena Dardis , publisher.
14 January –
Francis Gerard Brooks , Bishop of Dromore (1976–1979; died 2010).
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).
13 March –
Myrtle Allen , chef (died 2018).
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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).
14 July –
Mick Kennefick ,
Cork hurler (died 1982).
3 August –
Jim Gibbons ,
Fianna Fáil
TD ,
Member of the European Parliament and Cabinet Minister (died 1997).
14 August –
Maeve Hillery ,
anaesthetist and wife of the 6th
President of Ireland ,
Patrick Hillery .
21 August –
David Marcus , writer (died 2009).
7 September –
Donal Creed ,
Fine Gael
TD and
MEP (died 2017).
5 October –
Kieron Moore , actor (died 2007).
29 October –
Tom Clancy , singer.
21 December –
Christy O'Connor Snr , golfer (died 2016).
Approximate date –
George Redmond , Assistant City and County Manager in
Dublin , accused of corruption (died 2016).
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 in Canada ; died at sea).
20 June –
James Nowlan , President of the
Gaelic Athletic Association (1901–1921) (born
1855 ).
12 December –
William Carrigan , Canon of the
Diocese of Ossory and historian (born
1860 ).
Full date unknown –
Anne Marjorie Robinson , miniature painter (born
1858 ).
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