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1945 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1945 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 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.
  • 2 May
  • 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 – In the 1945 presidential election, Fianna Fáil party candidate Seán T. O'Kelly beat Fine Gael party candidate Seán Mac Eoin and Independent candidate Patrick McCartan. O'Kelly was inaugurated on June 20 as Ireland's second president.[3]
  • 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.[4][5]
  • 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".[4][5][6]
  • 21 August – Two nationalist Members of Parliament took the Oath of Allegiance and entered the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster.
  • 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 World War II.
  • 25 December – In a presidential address, 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

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Sport

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Association football

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League of Ireland
Winners: Cork United
FAI Cup
Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Bohemians.

Golf

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Births

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Brenda Fricker was born on 17 February
Christy Moore was born on 7 May

Deaths

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Eoin MacNeill, died 15 October

References

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  1. ^ Wills, Clair (2007). That Neutral Island. London: Faber. ISBN 9780571221059.
  2. ^ Irish Legal Terms Act, 1945 Irish Statute Book, 1945-05-22.
  3. ^ Took, Christopher; Donnelly, Seán. "Presidential Election 14 June 1945". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Tubridy, Ryan (2010). JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President. London: HarperCollins. pp. 24–28. ISBN 978-0-00-731759-2.
  5. ^ a b An Inspirational Trip to the JFK Museum Of Exhibition in Dublin ELPP Summer 2013, 2 July 2013.
  6. ^ Articles: By John F. Kennedy on Ireland, 29 July 1945 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved: 14 May 2014.
  7. ^ RTE, Composing the Island (2016) programme notes.