Events
- January 17 - All cats from abroad, except Great Britain, are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies.
- February 8 - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
- February 20 - Major-General Seán Mac Eoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, is appointed Chief of Staff of the army.
- April 22 - The first talking film, The Singing Fool starring Al Jolson, opens in the Capitol Theatre in Dublin.
- May 12
- After his resignation from the army Major-General Seán Mac Eoin receives the Cumann na nGaedheal nomination in the Sligo-Leitrim by-election.
- Maud Gonne MacBride is arrested and charged with seditious libel against the State.
- May 22 - Northern Ireland general election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the first held following abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat territorial constituencies. The Ulster Unionist Party retains a substantial majority.
- June 23 - 300,000 people attend the Pontifical High Mass at the Phoenix Park to mark the end of the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations.
- July 11 - The restored General Post Office is officially opened by President W. T. Cosgrave.
- July 22 - The Shannon hydro-electric scheme at Ardnacrusha, County Clare is opened.
- August - Censorship of Publications Act sets up the Censorship of Publications Board.
- October 21 - The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme is handed over to the ESB (Electricity Supply Board), bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin.
- October 24 - Start of Wall Street Crash; Ireland's economy suffers.
- Six banks in Northern Ireland begin to issue banknotes in sterling.
- Primary Certificate - introduced, but optional, at end of primary education.
- Fordson tractor production is moved to Cork from the United States.
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