Arts and Literature
- The tenor John McCormack is appointed a Papal Count for his services to music.
- Peadar O'Donnell's novel Islanders is published.
- W. B. Yeats' The Tower is published.
- The Gate Theatre in Dublin is founded by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage works by European and American dramatists.
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