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See also:	1923 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1923 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1923 in Ireland.

• Governor-General:Tim Healy
• President of the Executive Council:W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG)
• Vice-President of the Executive Council:Kevin O'Higgins (CnaG)
• Minister for Finance:
  • W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) (until 21 September 1923)
  • Ernest Blythe (CnaG) (from 21 September 1923)
• Dáil:
  • 3rd (until 9 August 1923)
  • 4th (from 19 September 1923)
• Seanad:1922 Seanad

• 10 January – An order was signed creating theRevenue Commissioners.
• 13 January – Beechpark, the residence ofPresidentW. T. Cosgrave inDublin, was set on fire.
• 16 January – TheProvisional Government of Ireland took office.
• 22 January – TheMinister for Education,Eoin MacNeill, announced thatIrish was to become a subject for examination in thecivil service.

• 18 February – An amnesty forIrish Republican Army Irregulars expired. It had been introduced by theMinister for Home Affairs,Kevin O'Higgins.

• 1 April – The Provisional Government established customs posts on the border with Northern Ireland.^[1]
• 11 April –Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, was wounded and captured by the Free State'sNational Army in theKnockmealdown Mountains.^[2] His subsequent death inClonmel was also announced by the army.
• 14 April –Austin Stack was captured by National Army troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
• 30 April – Thousands turned up to greetJim Larkin as he returned to Ireland after a nine-year absence in the United States.

• May–December – TheIrish Transport and General Workers' Union staged a farm labourer's strike inCounty Waterford.^[3]
• 28 May – The Government released two captured documents issued by theIrish Republican Army (IRA) on 24 May. The letters, signed byÉamon de Valera andFrank Aiken (the new Chief of Staff) called for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle.^[2] TheCivil War was officially over.
• 31 May – The obelisk of 1736 commemorating theBattle of the Boyne (fought in 1690 atOldbridge, County Meath) was blown up.^[4]

• 20 July – Éamon de Valera appealed to the American Association for the Recognition of theIrish Republic for $100,000 to fight the forthcoming general election.

• August – The BritishRoyal Navy patrol ship HMYHelga was handed over to the IrishCoastal and Marine Service as thePublic Armed ShipMuirchú.
• 2 August –Joe Whitty died on an independenthunger strike, the first of three IRA men to die in the1923 Irish Hunger Strikes.^[5]
• 15 August – Éamon de Valera was arrested at an election meeting inEnnis,County Clare.
• 22 August – Fires at theWaterford offices of theWaterford News andSinn Féin.^[6]
• 27 August –1923 Irish general election:Cumann na nGaedheal under W. T. Cosgrave won most seats and formed a minority government.

• 10 September – Ireland was admitted into theLeague of Nations.
• 17 September – Thirty-three members presented themselves atLeinster House for the swearing in of the newDáil. No anti-Treaty republicans attended.
• 19 September – TheFourth Dáil met for the first time at Leinster House.Michael Hayes was electedCeann Comhairle and W. T. Cosgrave was electedPresident of the Executive Council.

• 13 October–23 November –1923 Irish Hunger Strikes: IRA prisoners in Irish gaols staged a hunger strike; two died.^[2]
• 15 October – TheMallow Viaduct over theRiver Blackwater was officially re-opened by President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave.

• 14 November – The poetWilliam Butler Yeats became the first Irish Nobel prize laureate when he was awarded theNobel Prize for Literature.^[7]

• TheRoyal Bank of Ireland bought theIrish Free State business of theBelfast Banking Company, which in turn bought theNorthern Ireland business of theRoyal Bank of Ireland.SeeAllied Irish Banks.
• TheGeneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland called for curbs on the immigration of Irish Catholics.^[8]

• 11 April –Seán O'Casey's dramaThe Shadow of a Gunman, the first of his "Dublin Trilogy" (set in 1920), opened at theAbbey Theatre, Dublin.
• 14 November –W. B. Yeats published his poetry collectionThe Cat and the Moon (including "Leda and the Swan").
• Elizabeth Bowen published her first book, a collection of short stories,Encounters, in London.
• Liam O'Flaherty published his first novel,Thy Neighbour's Wife.
• Mainie Jellett'sDecoration was among the firstabstract paintings shown in Ireland when it is exhibited at the Society of Dublin Painters Group Show.

• League of Ireland

  Winners:Shamrock Rovers

  FAI Cup

  Winners:Alton United 1–0Shelbourne. Played atDalymount Park, Dublin, on 17 March 1923.

  Belfast side Alton United of the Falls District League were shock winners of theFree State Cup beatingShelbourne 1–0 in the final at Dalymount Park. Clubs and leagues in republican areas ofNorthern Ireland had affiliated to theFA of the Irish Free State after the 1921 split from the Belfast-basedIrish Football Association.

• World light heavyweight championship

  Winners:Mike McTigue defeatedBattling Siki for the title on St Patrick's Day, 1923, at La Scala Theatre, Dublin.^[9]

• The All-Ireland Champions wereGalway (hurling) andDublin (Gaelic football)

• 2 January –Cathal Goulding,Chief of Staff of theIrish Republican Army and theOfficial IRA (died 1998).
• 15 January –Tommy Eglington, association football player (died 2004).
• 31 January –Joseph Burke, cricketer (died 2005).
• 9 February –Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright (died 1964).
• 20 March –Con Martin, association football player and manager (died 2013).
• 8 April –Edward Mulhare, actor (died 1997).
• 2 May –Patrick Hillery,Fianna Fáil partyTeachta Dála (TD), cabinet minister,European Commissioner and sixthPresident of Ireland (died 2008).
• 24 May –Siobhán McKenna, actress (died 1986).
• May –Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, journalist, author and broadcaster (died 2013).
• 3 June –Maureen Flavin Sweeney, postmistress (died 2023).
• 11 June –Seán Condon,Corkhurler (died 2001).
• 17 June –W. M. Gorman, economist (died 2003).
• 23 June –Peter Corr, international association football player and father ofThe Corrs members (died 2001).
• 8 July –John Wilson, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister, previouslyCavanGaelic footballer (died 2007).
• 10 September –Mickey Byrne,Tipperary hurler (died 2016).
• 23 September –Seán Treacy,Labour Party TD forTipperary South,Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (died 2018).
• 8 October –Kathleen Mills, camogie player (died 1996).
• 29 October –Paddy Donegan,Fine Gael party TD and cabinet minister (died 2000).
• 10 November –Tommy Moroney, association football and rugby player (died 1981).
• 17 December –Dennis Flynn, soldier in Canada,Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (died 2003).
• 21 December –Scott Huey, cricketer (died 2012).
• 25 December –Jim Tunney, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister of State andLord Mayor of Dublin (died 2002).
• 28 December –Anthony Cronin, poet (died 2016).

• 28 January –George Richardson, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1859 at Kewane Trans-Gogra, India (born 1831).
• 25 March –Thomas Crean, surgeon, rugby player and soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1901 at Tygerkloof Spruit, South Africa (born 1873).
• 10 April –Liam Lynch, commanding general of theanti-Treaty Irish Republican Army during theIrish Civil War, shot and killed (born 1893).
• 17 April –Laurence Ginnell, nationalist, lawyer and politician, member of1st Dáil (born 1852).
• 23 April –Seán Etchingham,Sinn Féin politician, member of 1st Dáil, cabinet minister (born 1868).
• 29 April –Robert Carew, 3rd Baron Carew (born 1860).
• 11 June –Herbert Trench, poet (born 1865).
• 16 July –Sydney Mary Thompson, geologist and botanist (born 1847).
• 9 August –O'Moore Creagh, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Kam Dakka, Afghanistan (born 1848).
• 20 October –Thomas MacPartlin, trade union official, elected to1922 Seanad (born 1879).
• 9 November –Maurice Healy, lawyer, politician andMember of Parliament (born 1859).
• 20 November –Denny Barry,Irish Republican, in1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (born 1883).^[10]
• 22 November –Andy O'Sullivan, agriculturalist and Irish Republican, died after 40 days on hunger strike in St. Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin in 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (born 1882).^[10]
• 5 December –Edward Martyn, playwright and activist (born 1859).

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