1946 in Ireland

1 Events
2 Art and literature
3 Sport
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 See also

Events

3 January – William Joyce, alias Lord Haw Haw, is hanged in Wandsworth Prison for treason.
7 January – The Minister for Education, Tomás Ó Deirg, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate.
21 January – Work starts on a comprehensive Irish-English dictionary.
4 February – It is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin.
17 June – Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin-Paris air service.
6 July – A new republican political party, Clann na Poblachta, is formed in Dublin.
25 July – Éamon de Valera's motion to apply for membership of the United Nations is accepted in the Dáil.
6 August – On the first anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Captain Bob Lewis, the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the aircraft which dropped the bomb, arrives at Shannon Airport, completing his first flight as a civil aviation pilot.
28 August – An order is signed removing Ireland from the state of emergency in existence since 1939 – it becomes effective on 2 September.
29 August – George Bernard Shaw is honoured by being made a freeman of Dublin.
6 October – 70 primary school teachers protest on the pitch in Croke Park at half-time during the Kerry-Roscommon All-Ireland Football Final due to low pay.
22 November – Walt Disney arrives in Dublin. He has a meeting with the Folklore Commission to further his investigation of leprachauns for a forthcoming film.
18 December – The government announces the release of 24 internees, including Brendan Behan.

1946 in Ireland

Table of contents

Events

Art and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also