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Events from the year1944 in Ireland.

• President:Douglas Hyde
• Taoiseach:Éamon de Valera (FF)
• Tánaiste:Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
• Minister for Finance:Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
• Chief Justice:Timothy Sullivan
• Dáil:
  • 11th (until 7 June 1944)
  • 12th (from 9 June 1944)
• Seanad:
  • 4th (until 5 July 1944)
  • 5th (from 18 August 1944)

• 26 January –W. T. Cosgrave officially resigned as leader of theFine Gael party.

• 10 March – The United States alleged that Ireland's neutrality was operating in favour of theAxis powers during World War II.
• 13 March –Winston Churchill banned travel and communication between Britain and Ireland, north and south.^[1]
• 22 March – TheCymric (Captain C. Cassidy) was lost betweenArdrossan andLisbon: 11 dead.
• 30 March – The firstDunnes Stores opened.

• 1 June –General election: The rulingFianna Fáil party underÉamon de Valera gained a majority of 14 seats over all other parties. The12th Dáil assembled on 9 June.
• 3 June –Maureen Flavin (Sweeney after marriage) recorded weather conditions atBlacksod Lighthouse, County Mayo indicating an approaching storm, which led to the 24-hour postponement of the AlliedD-Day landings from 5 June to 6 June. The United StatesHouse of Representatives honoured Sweeney in 2021 with a medal and proclamation for her vital role in World War II.^[1][2]

• 7 June – TheMinister for Supplies,Seán Lemass, announced further rationing of electricity.

• 21 July – TheIrish Fir (Captain J.P. Kelly) reported a 'near miss'torpedo attack in the North Atlantic.

• 22 August – Men from countiesTyrone andFermanagh formed an Anti-Partition League inDublin.

• 29 November – The Chief Genealogical Officer issuedCounty Dublin with a coat of arms, the first county to receive such a distinction.

• Dr. John Dignan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert, publishedSocial Security: Outlines of a Scheme of National Health Insurance.^[3]
• Dr.James Deeny was appointedchief medical officer.^[3]

• January –The White Stag group staged an exhibition of Subjective Art in Dublin.^[3]
• 28 August –Joseph Tomelty's playThe End House (dealing with theSpecial Powers Act in Northern Ireland) premièred at theAbbey Theatre, Dublin.^[4]
• John M. Feehan founded theCork-based publishing houseMercier Press.
• John Lynch'sDe praesulibus Hiberniae (written in 1672) was first published, in Dublin.^[5]
• Frank O'Connor's short story collectionCrab Apple Jelly was published.^[3]

League of Ireland

Winners:Shelbourne

FAI Cup

Winners:Shamrock Rovers 3–2Shelbourne.

All Ireland Final

Winners: Roscommon GAA

• TheIrish Open was not played due toThe Emergency (World War II).

• 2 January –Martin Drennan, bishop of theDiocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh.
• 5 January
  • Ivan Cooper, co-founder of theSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) (Northern Ireland) (died 2019).
  • Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, businessman and senator (killed in helicopter accident in England 2014).
  • Louis Stewart, jazz guitarist (died 2016)
• 7 January –Joe McGowan, historian, folklorist and author.
• 8 February –Brian Farrell, bishop in theRoman Curia.
• 22 February –Richard Higgins, Roman CatholicTitular Bishop of theCasae Calanae and anAuxiliary Bishop of theArchdiocese for the Military Services, USA.
• 10 April –Leo O'Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore (1998–2018).
• 8 May –Paddy O'Hanlon, barrister and SDLP politician (died 2009).
• 21 May
  • Gerry Murphy, association football coach.
  • Mary Robinson, first femalePresident of Ireland (1990–1997),United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002).^[6]
• 24 May
  • Ruth Dudley Edwards, historian.
  • Raymond Field, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in theArchdiocese of Dublin.
• 25 May –Tom Munnelly, folk-song collector (died 2007).
• 27 May –Hugh Lambert, journalist and editor (died 2005).
• 30 May –Liam Naughten, Fine Gael party politician,Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1995 until his death in 1996.
• 1 June
  • Paul Coghlan, Fine GaelSenator.
  • Seymour Crawford, Fine GaelTeachta Dála (TD) forCavan–Monaghan.
• 5 June –Colm Wilkinson, singer and actor.
• 6 June –Paul Connaughton Snr, Fine Gael TD forGalway East.
• 29 June –Seán Doherty,Fianna Fáil party TD and cabinet minister (died 2005).
• 3 July –Tim O'Malley,Progressive Democrats party TD.
• 17 July –Vincent Browne, journalist, broadcaster.
• 31 July –David Norris, member of theSeanad representingDublin University, founder ofCampaign for Homosexual Law Reform (born in Belgian Congo).
• 3 August –Pearse Lyons, biochemist and businessman (died 2018).
• 7 August –Brendan McWilliams, meteorologist and science writer (died 2007).
• 9 August –Seán Barrett, Fine Gael TD, cabinet minister andCeann Comhairle ofDáil Éireann.
• 17 August –Peter Kelly, Fianna Fáil TD forLongford–Roscommon, laterLongford–Westmeath (died 2019).
• 1 September
  • Pat Upton,Labour Party TD (died 1999).
  • Eamonn Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin.
• 9 September –Bernard Allen, Fine Gael TD forCork North-Central.
• 24 September –Eavan Boland, poet (died 2020).
• 1 October –Emmet Stagg, Labour Party TD forKildare North.
• 16 October –Paul Durcan, poet.
• 19 October –Liam Lawlor, Fianna Fáil politician, resigned following a finding that he had failed to co-operate with a planning irregularities investigation (died 2005).
• 30 November –John Boland, senior Fine Gael politician (died 2000).
• 22 December –Patrick Nee, mobster and author in the United States.
• 23 December –Christina Noble, children's rights campaigner
• 28 December –Noel Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD forDublin North-West andMinister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for theOffice of Public Works.

• Full date unknown

• Dermot Gallagher, civil servant and diplomat (died 2017).
• Tom Garvin, political scientist and historian.
• Tom Walsh,Kilkenny hurler.

• 16 February –Mainie Jellett, abstract painter (born 1897).
• 19 February –J. J. "Ginger" O'Connell, officer in theIrish Volunteers andIrish Defence Forces (born 1887).
• 15 March –Thomas Byrne, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1898 at theBattle of Omdurman, Sudan (born 1866).
• 25 April –Tony Mullane,Major League Baseball player (born 1859).
• 12 May –Edel Quinn,lay missionary (born 1907).
• 10 June –Frank Ryan, member of theIrish Republican Army, editor ofAn Phoblacht, leftist activist and leader of Irish volunteers on theRepublican side in theSpanish Civil War (born 1902).
• August –Noble Huston,Presbyterian minister and dog breeder.
• 19 September –David Lord,Royal Air Force pilot, posthumous recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry atArnhem (born 1913).
• 6 November –Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, British politician and businessman, assassinated inCairo by theZionist groupLehi (Stern Gang) (born 1880).
• 28 November –William Moore,Unionist member of parliament andLord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925–1937 (born 1864).
• 30 November –Eoin O'Duffy, leader in theIrish Republican Army,Garda Commissioner, first leader ofFine Gael and theBlueshirts, leader of the volunteer FrancoistIrish Brigade (Spanish Civil War) and sports administrator (born 1890).
• 1 December –Charlie Kerins,Chief of Staff of the IRA, convicted of murder ofGarda Síochána officer and hanged (born 1918).

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