Arts and Literature
- Elizabeth Bowen publishes her novel The Last September, set during the Irish War of Independence.
- Cecil Day-Lewis publishes Transitional Poem.
- Louis MacNeice publishes his poetry Blind Fireworks.
- Tomás Ó Criomhthain's autobiographical An t-Oileánach is published.
- Peadar O'Donnell publishes his novel Adrigool.
- George Bernard Shaw's political satire The Apple Cart is first performed (in Warsaw and Malvern).
- W. B. Yeats publishes his poetry A Packet for Ezra Pound and The Winding Stair.
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