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See also:	1926 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1926 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1926 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:Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
• Chief Justice:Hugh Kennedy
• Dáil:4th
• Seanad:1925 Seanad

• 1 January –Douglas Hyde officially opens theIrish Free State broadcasting service,2RN (laterRTÉ Radio 1), inDublin.
• 4 January – the country's first Aeroplane Club is formed in Dublin.
• 19 January – theMinister for Finance,Ernest Blythe, introduces a Bill providing for the issue of silver, nickel and bronze coins forSaorstát Éireann.
• 21 January – theNorthern Ireland Minister for Agriculture meets his Free State counterpart,Patrick Hogan. The meeting paves the way for co-operation in securing better animal health for livestock.
• 12 February – the minister for Justice,Kevin O'Higgins, appoints aCommittee on Evil Literature.
• 11 March –Éamon de Valera resigns as President ofSinn Féin at its Árd-Fheis when one of his proposals is defeated.
• 7 April – an elderly Irishwoman,Violet Gibson, shoots theItalian Prime Minister,Benito Mussolini, inRome.
• 18 April – census held in both parts of Ireland.^[1] The population of theIrish Free State is 2,972,000; the population ofNorthern Ireland is 1,257,000.
• 29 April – Dublin city commissioners decide to removeNelson's Pillar fromO'Connell Street. However, this decision needs the approval of theOireachtas.
• 16 May – at La Scala Theatre inDublin a new political party is formed.Fianna Fáil – the Republican Party is launched by leading republicans includingÉamon de Valera andSeán Lemass.
• 20 August – the Irish pilgrimage to the battlefields of France andFlanders leaves today. Celtic crosses are to be unveiled in memory of the members of the16th Irish Division who died duringWorld War I.
• 5 September – 48 people burned to death in a cinema fire atDromcolliher,County Limerick.
• 17 November –PresidentW. T. Cosgrave introduces the Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Bill following the killing of two unarmedgardaí.
• 25 November –Éamon de Valera addresses the firstFianna Fáil Árd-Fheis in Dublin.
• TheGaeltacht – regions with a significant percentage ofIrish language speakers – is officially recognised, following the report of the first Coimisiún na Gaeltachta in the Free State.^[2]

• HB Ice Cream founded.
• Irish Sugar Manufacturing Company Limited established inCarlow as a private enterprise to processsugar beet.

• 8 February –Seán O'Casey'sThe Plough and the Stars (set in 1915–16) opens at theAbbey Theatre, Dublin. On 11 February, the performance is marred by ugly scenes in the audience: one man strikes an actress.
• 6 September –Lennox Robinson's playThe Big House (set in 1918–23) opens at the Abbey Theatre.
• 22 November –George Bernard Shaw, having initially refused to accept the prize money for theNobel Prize for Literature, will now accept the money but return it to the Nobel Foundation.
• M. J. Farrell's first novel,The Knight of Cheerful Countenance, is published.
• W. B. Yeats'Autobiographies is published as volume 6 of his Collected Edition byMacmillan in London.^[3]

• 21 March TheRepublic of Ireland national football team playsItaly for the first time.

Result:Italy 3-0Ireland

• League of Ireland

  Winners:Shelbourne

  FAI Cup

  Winners:Fordsons 3–2Shamrock Rovers

• The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kerry (football)

• 15 January –Tom McEllistrim,Fianna FáilTD (died 2000).
• 3 February –Jim Higgins, soccer player.
• 9 February –Garret FitzGerald,Taoiseach and leader ofFine Gael (died 2011).
• 10 March –Thomas Dunne,Fine GaelTD andMEP (died 1990).
• 24 March –Desmond Connell,Cardinal andArchbishop of Dublin (died 2017).
• 30 March –Ray McAnally, actor (died 1989).
• 4 April –Ronnie Masterson, actress (died 2014).
• 23 April –J. P. Donleavy, writer (died 2017).
• 26 April –Philomena Garvey, golfer (died 2009).
• 18 May –Sylvester Barrett,Fianna FáilTD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (died 2002).
• 2 June –Milo O'Shea, actor (died2013 in the United States).
• 21 July –Patrick Lalor,Fianna FáilTeachta Dála forLaois–Offaly, Cabinet Minister,Member of the European Parliament andLaois hurler (died 2016).
• 1 August –Declan Costello, formerFine GaelTD,Attorney General andHigh Court judge (died 2011).
• 30 August –Tom O'Donnell,Fine GaelTD and MEP (died 2020).
• 3 November –Frank Filgas, cricketer (died 2006).
• 9 November –Hugh Leonard, dramatist, writer and journalist (died 2009).
• 10 November –Brian Behan, writer and trade unionist (died 2002).
• 23 November –Peter Desmond, soccer player (died 1990).
• 10 December –Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, writer (died 1989).
• 18 December –Stanley Bergin, cricketer (died 1969).

• 18 April –Dolway Walkington, Irish national rugby union captain (born1867).
• 21 April –George Carew, 4th Baron Carew (born1863).
• 14 June –Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer (born1841).
• 22 June –Norman Garstin, artist (born1847).
• 19 November –Thomas Cusack,DemocratU.S. Representative fromIllinois (born1858).

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