1945 in Ireland
Events from the year 1945 in Ireland.
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Incumbents
- President:
- Douglas Hyde (until 24 June 1945)
- Seán T. O'Kelly (from 25 June 1945)
- Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF)
- Tánaiste:
- Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) (until 14 June 1945)
- Seán Lemass (FF) (from 14 June 1945)
- Minister for Finance:
- Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) (until 14 June 1945)
- Frank Aiken (FF) (from 19 June 1945)
- Chief Justice: Timothy Sullivan
- Dáil: 12th
- Seanad: 5th
Events
- 1 January – Most public transport came under the control of Córas Iompair Éireann.
- 12 January – The people of Ireland donated £1,000,000 to the starving people of Italy.
- 13 April – Dáil Éireann sat for 20 minutes to express sympathy and pay tribute to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who died the previous day. The House was then adjourned.
- 27 April – The Fine Gael party nominated Seán Mac Eoin as their presidential election candidate in opposition to the Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance Seán T. O'Kelly.
- 2 May
- In one of the most controversial episodes of his premiership, Taoiseach Éamon de Valera called to the German Ambassador to express his sympathy following the death of Adolf Hitler.
- In the last Irish shipping loss due to World War II, motor fishing trawler Naom Garvan caught a naval mine in her trawl off Helvick Head, Dungarvan; all three crew were lost.
- 7 May – Reports of a German surrender brought students of Trinity College Dublin onto the roof of the university singing the English and French national anthems. A riot ensued following the burning of the Irish tricolour.
- 11 May – Government wartime censorship of the media was lifted.[1]
- 16 May – Éamon de Valera replied in a radio broadcast to British prime minister Winston Churchill's criticism of Irish neutrality.
- 18 May – Éamon de Valera announced £12 million food and clothing aid programmed for Europe.
- 22 May – The Irish Legal Terms Act was signed into law, providing support for greater use of Irish in the legal system.[2]
- 14 June – Seán T. O'Kelly was elected President, defeating his opponents Seán Mac Eoin and Patrick McCartan.
- 25 June – Seán T. O'Kelly was inaugurated as the second President of Ireland.
- July – Rannóg an Aistriúcháin, the Oireachtas translation service, published Litriú na Gaeilge: Lámhleabhar an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil ("Irish orthography: a handbook of the official standard").
- 24 July – Following visits to England, France, and Germany, future American president John F. Kennedy arrived in Dublin for a two-day visit as a cub reporter for the Hearst newspaper group.[3][4]
- 25 July – John Kennedy interviewed the Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, on the subject of Irish Partition. He filed a story for the New York Journal-American on 29 July entitled, "Eamon de Valera Seeks to Unite All Ireland: Eire Premier Answers Dillon on Constitutional Rights".[3][4][5]
- 21 August – Two nationalist MPs took the Oath of Allegiance and entered the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster.
- 16 September – The tenor, Count John McCormack, died in Dublin aged 61.
- 15 October – Professor Eoin MacNeill died in Dublin aged 77. He was a founder-member of the Gaelic League and the Irish Volunteers.
- 3 December – Oranges went on sale in Ireland for the first time since the end of World War II.
- 14 December – The Nuremberg Trials heard the story of German plans to create a revolution in Ireland during the War.
- 25 December – In his presidential address President Seán T. O'Kelly asked the youth of Ireland to make a particular effort to restore the Irish language.
- A "popular edition" of the Constitution of Ireland was published by the Government's Stationery Office, amending the Irish language text.
Arts and literature
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories was published posthumously in the United States.
- Ina Boyle's first symphony, Glencree, composed in 1924–27, received its first complete performance at a Raidió Éireann studio concert.[6]
- E. J. Moeran's Cello Concerto incorporated fragments of Irish music.
- Establishment of Irish language publisher Sáirséal agus Dill in Dublin by Seán Sairséal Ó hÉigeartaigh and his wife Bríd Ní Mhaoileoin.
Sport
Golf
- The Irish Open was not played due to The Emergency.
Births
Brenda Fricker was born on 17 February
- 8 January – Kevin Conneff, bodhrán player and singer with The Chieftains.
- 12 January
- Tony Maher, Cork hurler.
- Eddie O'Brien, Cork hurler.
- 2 February – Billy Morgan, Cork Gaelic footballer and manager.
- 5 February – Michael Courtney, titular archbishop of Eanach Dúin and Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (assassinated 2003).
- 12 February – Jimmy Keaveney, Dublin Gaelic footballer.
- 17 February – Brenda Fricker, actress.
- 4 March – Tara Browne, socialite (died 1966).
- 17 March – Paddy Mulligan, soccer player.
- March – Bernard Durkan, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North.
Christy Moore was born on 7 May
- 2 April – Batt O'Keeffe, Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-West and Minister of State.
- 8 April – Diarmuid Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland.
- 18 April – Margaret Hassan, aid worker in Iraq, kidnapped and murdered by Iraqi insurgents (died 2004).
- 20 April – Alan Dukes, leader of Fine Gael and TD, Director General of the Institute of European Affairs.
- 26 April – Séamus Kirk, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth.
- 27 April – Dinny McGinley, Fine Gael TD for Donegal South-West.
- 4 May – Jim Higgins, Fine Gael TD, Senator and Member of the European Parliament.
- 7 May
- Susan Denham (née Gageby), Chief Justice of Ireland.
- Alexis FitzGerald Jnr, Fine Gael TD and Senator.
- Christy Moore, folk singer.
- 21 May – Éamonn Cregan, Limerick Gaelic footballer and hurler, manager.
- 1 June
- Niamh Bhreathnach, Labour Party politician, TD and Minister for Education (died 2023)
- Jarlath McDonagh, Fine Gael politician.
- 6 June – Denis Coughlan, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler.
- 11 June – Patrick Joseph McGrath, Irish-American bishop.(died 2023)
- 17 June – Pat Hickey, judoka and Olympic sports administrator.
- 20 June – Denis Brennan, Bishop of Ferns (2006–2021).
- 23 June – Paul Costelloe, fashion designer.
- 30 June – Sean Scully, painter.
- June – Nora Owen, Fine Gael TD and Minister for Justice.
- 1 July – Jack Wall, Labour Party TD for Kildare South.
- 25 July – John Dardis, Progressive Democrats Senator.
- 3 August – Eamon Dunphy, footballer, commentator and broadcaster.
- 14 August - Tony Scannell, actor.
- 12 September – Maria Aitken, actress, writer and director.
- 13 September – Niall FitzGerald, businessman.
- 15 September – Donie Cassidy, Fianna Fáil TD representing Longford–Westmeath, businessman.
- 20 September – Éamonn Walsh, Labour Party TD, local councillor.
- September – Gerald McCarthy, Cork hurling manager and player.
- 19 November – Christie Hennessy, folk singer songwriter (died 2007).
- 6 December – Noel Skehan, Kilkenny hurler.
- 8 December – John Banville, novelist.
- 14 December – Bernard O'Donoghue, poet and academic.
- 17 December – John Neill, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough, Primate of Ireland and Metropolitan.
- 24 December – Noel Davern, Fianna Fáil TD representing Tipperary South, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament.
- Full date unknown
- Richie Bennis, Limerick hurling manager.
- Justin McCarthy, Cork hurler, Waterford hurling manager.
- Philip Pettit, philosopher and political theorist.
- Kieran Purcell, Kilkenny hurler.
- Pad Joe Whelehan, Offaly hurler, manager.
Deaths
Eoin MacNeill, died 15 October
- 30 January – Patrick Belton, Fianna Fáil and Cumann na nGaedheal TD, President of the anti-communist Irish Christian Front (born 1885).
- 4 April – Henry Guinness, engineer, banker and independent member of the Seanad 1922–34 (born 1858).
- 5 May – Frederick Crowley, Fianna Fáil politician (born 1890).
- 20 July – Paddy Mahon, golfer (born c. 1907).
- 24 July – Kitty Kiernan, fiancée of the assassinated Michael Collins (born 1893).
- 3 October – Dermod O'Brien, painter (born 1865).
- 13 October – Joseph MacRory, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (born 1861).
- 15 October – Eoin MacNeill, scholar, nationalist and revolutionary (born 1867).
- 24 October – Frederick Field, Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord (born 1871).
- 6 December – Edmund Dwyer-Gray, politician and 29th Premier of Tasmania in 1939 (born 1870).
- 20 December – John M. Lyle, architect in Canada (born 1872).
References
- Wills, Clair (2007). That Neutral Island. London: Faber. ISBN 9780571221059.
- Irish Legal Terms Act, 1945 Irish Statute Book, 1945-05-22.
- Tubridy, Ryan (2010). JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President. London: HarperCollins. pp. 24–28. ISBN 978-0-00-731759-2.
- An Inspirational Trip to the JFK Museum Of Exhibition in Dublin ELPP Summer 2013, 2 July 2013.
- Articles: By John F. Kennedy on Ireland, 29 July 1945 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved: 14 May 2014.
- RTE, Composing the Island (2016) programme notes.
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