1931 in Ireland

Events

February 12 – 16 members of the Ennis Dalcassian GAA club are expelled for attending the Ennis-Nenagh rugby match.
April 3 – Persistent rainfall causes the banks of the River Lee to burst. Half the houses in Cork are flooded.
May 7 – The Irish Youth Hostel Service, An Óige, is established.
May 17 – Muintir na Tíre, the rural organisation, is founded by Canon John Hayes.
August 13 – Law books return to the rebuily Four Courts where High Court business resumes. The Four Courts were destroyed during the Civil War.
September 5 – The first issue of the Irish Press, the newspaper of Fianna Fáil, goes on sale today for 1d.
September 27 – Saor Éire's first National Congress takes place in the Iona Hall in Dublin.
December 4 – The derelict aerodrome at Collinstown in north County Dublin is considered as the site for a new civil airport.