1925 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • March 6 - Establishment of An Gúm as part of the Department of Education by Ernest Blythe, Minister for Finance, to promote publications in Irish.
  • George Bernard Shaw is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Peadar O'Donnell's first novel, Storm, is published.
  • Liam O'Flaherty's novel The Informer, set in Dublin in the aftermath of the Civil War, is published.

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