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List of events
Events from the year 1927 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
6 April –
Dan Breen proposes a Bill in the
Dáil that Article 17 of the
Irish Free State Constitution be removed.
President
W. T. Cosgrave opposes the removal of the
Oath of Allegiance to the
British Crown .
13 April – delegates at the annual conference of the Farmers' Party reject proposals to merge with
Cumann na nGaedheal .
18 April – Celtic Park in
Belfast is opened. It is the first greyhound track in Ireland.
20 May – the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires bars to be closed all day on
Christmas Day and
Good Friday .
4 June – the results of the general election are a hung Dáil, with Fianna Fáil entering the Dáil for the first time and removing Cumann na nGaedheal's majority.
20 June – in a radio broadcast, the leader of
Fianna Fáil ,
Éamon de Valera , says that the results of the general election prove that the people of Ireland want to get rid of the Oath of Allegiance.
29 June – a morning
Solar eclipse takes place across Ireland.
10 July –
Kevin O'Higgins ,
Vice-President of the Executive Council and
Minister for Justice , is assassinated by the anti-
Treaty
Irish Republican Army in
Dublin .
15 July –
Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth) dies aged 59 in Dublin. She was an officer in the
Irish Citizen Army , taking part in the
Easter Rising ; the first woman elected to the
British House of Commons , though she did not take her seat; and the first female Irish cabinet minister.
28 July – Ireland's first automatic telephone exchange is opened in
Dublin .
1 August – the
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is appointed as an offshoot of the
Shannon Scheme .
3 August –
Mary Bailey becomes the first woman to pilot an aeroplane across the
Irish Sea .
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11 August – following changes to the electoral laws
Fianna Fáil
Teachtaí Dála arrive at
Leinster House for the first time. They take the
Oath of Allegiance , dismissing it as an "empty formula".
15 September – a new general election is called due to the hung Dáil; again it is very close, with Cumann na nGaedheal winning 62 seats, Fianna Fáil 57, Labour 13, the Farmers' Party 6, National League Party 2, and the Irish Worker League just one –
James Larkin .
c. October – the
Agricultural Credit Corporation is set up to encourage investment in agriculture.
28 October –
Cleggan Bay Disaster : A strong gale kills 45 fishermen off the coast of County Galway, leading to abandonment of the
Inishkea Islands .
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November –
Ernest Bewley opens his
Grafton Street café in Dublin.
Undated – The Industrial and Commercial Property Registration Office (re-designated the Patents Office by the Patents Act 1964) is established at 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Arts and literature
James Joyce 's Pomes Penyeach is published in
Paris .
W. B. Yeats ' October Blast (including "Among School Children") and Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose are published in the UK.
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Sport
Gaelic Games
The All-Ireland Champions are Dublin (hurling) and Kildare (football).
Golf
Greyhound Racing
Births
8 January –
Tim Flood , hurler (died 2014)
15 January –
Michael Barrett ,
Fianna Fáil
TD (died 2006)
17 January -
John A. Murphy , historian and senator (died 2022)
20 January –
John O'Connell , Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann and MEP (died 2013).
3 February –
Val Doonican , popular singer (died 2015).
5 February –
John S. Beckett , musician, composer and conductor (died 2007).
16 February –
Pearse Hutchinson , poet, broadcaster and translator (born in Glasgow; died 2012).
3 March –
Aidan Higgins , writer.
20 March – Cairbre (also known as Leo), lion mascot.
24 April –
Eamon Casey , Bishop of Galway, 1976–1992 (died 2017).
8 July
Maurice Hayes , public servant, independent member of Seanad Éireann (died 2017).
John McAndrew ,
Mayo Gaelic footballer, doctor and greyhound trainer (died 2013).
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26 July –
Danny La Rue , born Daniel Patrick Carroll, female impersonator (died 2009).
2 August –
Veronica Dunne , soprano (died 2021)
6 August –
Richard Murphy , poet.
15 August –
Patrick Galvin , poet and dramatist (died 2011).
25 September –
Gordon Wilson , peace campaigner (died 1995).
9 October –
Frank O'Farrell , soccer player and manager.
14 October –
Alf Ringstead , soccer player (died 2000).
4 December –
Pat Daly , soccer player.
Imogen Stuart , sculptor (born in Germany).
Deaths
6 February –
Sam Maguire ,
Irish Republican and
Gaelic footballer (born
1877 ).
25 February –
David Baird , United States Senator from New Jersey from 1918 to 1919 (born
1839 ).
9 March –
Martin Fitzgerald , elected to
Seanad in 1922 and 1925.
22 April –
Robert John McConnell , businessman,
baronet and
Lord Mayor of Belfast (born
1853 ).
3 May –
Tom Gallaher ,
tobacco manufacturer (born
1840 ).
1 June –
J. B. Bury , historian, classical scholar and philologist (born
1861 ).
3 June –
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne , British statesman and colonial administrator (died 1927 in Ireland)
10 July –
Kevin O'Higgins , Minister for Justice, assassinated by the
Irish Republican Army (born
1892 ).
15 July –
Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth),
Sinn Féin and
Fianna Fáil
TD , member of
1st Dáil , Cabinet Minister (born
1868 ).
22 July –
Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin , barrister and politician (born
1867 ).
4 August –
John Dillon , land reform agitator,
Irish Home Rule activist,
nationalist politician,
MP and last leader of the
Irish Parliamentary Party (in
London ) (born
1851 ).
5 August
3 October –
Gerald Carew, 5th Baron Carew (born
1860 ).
7 October –
Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh , philanthropist and businessman (born
1847 ).
16 October –
Sir Henry Robinson, 1st Baronet , civil servant (born
1857 ).
22 November –
Patrick O'Donnell ,
Cardinal ,
Archbishop of Armagh and
Primate of All Ireland (born
1856 ).
31 December –
Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo , served in
Seanad from 1922 to 1927 (born
1851 ).
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