1940 in Ireland

Events

February 2 -Munster mined and sunk in Irish Sea
March 9 – Trawler Leulos sunk by gunfire from U-38, NW of Tory Island – 11 dead.
March 29 – Fire destroys the roof and upper rooms of St. Patrick's College in Maynooth.
June 23 – Minister Frank Aiken encourages everyone to store food and water and to prepare a shelter in case of a direct hit.
July 4 – Taoiseach Eamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted last September will not be reversed.
July 15 – City of Limerick bombed by aircraft and sunk in Bay of Biscay – 2 dead
October 3 – The German news agency announces that the German government is willing to pay compensation for dropping bombs on Ireland.
November 7 – Eamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by the British forces.
November 24 – James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.
December 27 – Dr. John Charles McQuaid is consecrated as Archbishop of Dublin.