Events
- 22 March — The Irish Government leases a residence in the Phoenix Park to the United States government for a period of 99 years. It will be the residence of the U.S. ambassador.
- 17 April — At midnight 26 counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
- 29 April — Major de Courcy Wheeler, the man who accepted the surrender of Patrick Pearse in 1916, presents President Seán T. O'Kelly with Pearse's revolver at a special function at Áras an Uachtaráin.
- 3 May — The British Government passes an act guaranteeing the position of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom as long as a majority of its citizens want it to be. The government also recognises the existence of the Republic of Ireland.
- 10 May — The Oireachtas motion calls a "Protest Against Partition" because of the Ireland Act provisions.
- 13 May — John A. Costello, Éamon de Valera, William Norton and Seán MacBride share a platform to protest the British government's attitude to the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.
- 25 May — The Princess Elizabeth (now Elizabeth II) and The Duke of Edinburgh receive the freedom of Belfast during a visit to the city.
- 26 June — 80,000 people gather in Croke Park to affirm the pledge as members of the teetotal Pioneer Total Abstinence Society.
- 9 July — The last tram runs from Nelson Pillar to Blackrock and will be the last tram run in Dublin until the Luas.
- 12 July — Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland and founder of the Gaelic League, dies in Dublin aged 89.
- 24 August — Tánaiste William Norton tells the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg that Ireland would not agree to a customs union of western European states.
- 8 November — Street names in any language other than English are prohibited by an Amendment to a Bill passed in the Senate of Northern Ireland.
- 20 November — Students and academic staff celebrate the centenary of University College Galway.
- The Electricity Supply Board completes its Liffey scheme, providing hydroelectricity generating stations at Poulaphouca, Golden Falls and Leixlip and a water supply Reservoir for Dublin at the former location.
- At this year's Convention, Irish Republican Army members are ordered to join Sinn Féin.
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