Arts and Literature
- 25 October - Ireland's first all-concrete Art Deco church, the Church of Christ the King, is opened at Turners Cross, Cork, designed by Chicago architect Barry Byrne with sculptor John Storrs.
- 'Æ' (George William Russell) publishes Vale, and Other Poems.
- Samuel Beckett's Proust is published.
- Cecil Day-Lewis's poetry From Feathers To Iron is published.
- Kate O'Brien's first novel, Without My Cloak, is published.
- Frank O'Connor's first short story collection, Guests of the Nation, is published.
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