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Events from the year1928 in Ireland.

Incumbents

Governor-General:
- Tim Healy (until 31 January 1928)
- James McNeill (from 31 January 1928)
President of the Executive Council:W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG)
Vice-President of the Executive Council:Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Minister for Finance:Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Chief Justice:Hugh Kennedy
Dáil:6th
Seanad:
- 1925 Seanad (until 5 December 1928)
- 1928 Seanad (from 6 December 1928)

Events

29 January – inBelfast, members of thenationalist opposition protest at theUlster Unionist Party government's plan to abolishProportional representation.
31 January – the outgoingGovernor-General,T. M. Healy leaves theVice-Regal Lodge. His successor isJames McNeill.
25 February –William O'Brien, former activist in theHome Rule andland campaigns, dies in London aged 75.
12 April – the first east–westtransatlantic flight by aeroplane leaves Baldonnel Aerodrome inDublin. CommandantJames Fitzmaurice is on board theBremen.
30 April – cheering crowds inNew York greet the crew of theBremen after it has made its transatlantic flight.
19 May – the foundation stone of the newNorthern Ireland Parliament Building is laid atStormont.
29 May – it is suggested that the old Irish flag – that of a gold harp with a blue background – should be carried at theOlympic Games inAmsterdam. However, the Irish tricolour has already been registered as the national flag.
14 June – amendments to the Court of Justice bill state that certain judges cannot be appointed if they do not have a competent knowledge of theIrish language.
30 July – the Irish Tricolour is raised for the first time at theOlympic Games when Dr.Pat O'Callaghan wins a gold medal for hammer throwing.
11–22 August – TheTailteann Games take place inDublin.^[1]
27 August – fifteen countries, includingIreland, sign the Kellog Peace Pact in Paris. The Irish Tricolour flies at theQuai d'Orsay amongst the flags of 50 other nations.
30 August – theUnited States Secretary of State,Frank Kellogg, visitsDublin on his return journey from the Paris Peace Convention. He is granted the freedom ofDublin.
10 September – theSaorstát Pound ('Free State Pound') becomes a reality as theCurrency Commission places into circulation the first (Series A)Irish banknotes issued for over a century.
10 December – the Belfast-builtRMS Celtic (1901), the first ship to exceed 20,000 tons, runs aground offCobh and is declared a total loss.^[2]
12 December – the firstIrish coinage is circulated in the state making complete the introduction ofbanknotes andcoinage of theIrish Free State.
Irish becomes a compulsory subject for the Intermediate Certificate.
Albanian missionarysister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known asMother Teresa, joins theSisters of Loreto atLoreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, to learn English in order to teach schoolchildren in India.^[3]

Arts and literature

27 August –Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe inGalway is founded as the nationalIrish language theatre, opening withMicheál Mac Liammóir's version ofDhiarmada agus Ghráinne.
14 October – TheGate Theatre in Dublin is founded by English actors and loversMicheál Mac Liammóir andHilton Edwards, initially using theAbbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage works by European and American dramatists.
SirJohn Lavery paintsPortrait of Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ni Houlihan, with his American-born wifeHazel Lavery posing for the figure on the newbanknotes of the Republic of Ireland.
Thetenor John McCormack is appointed aPapal Count for his services to music.
Tomás Ó Criomhthain'sAllagar na h-Inise ("Island Cross-Talk") is published.
Peadar O'Donnell's novelIslanders is published.
W. B. Yeats' poetry collectionThe Tower is published.

Sport

Football

League of Ireland
Winners:Bohemians
FAI Cup
Winners:Bohemians 2–1Drumcondra

Gaelic Games

The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kildare (football).

Golf

Irish Open is won byErnest Whitcombe (England).

Olympics

The first Irish team attends theOlympic Games.

Births

23 January –Jackie Fahey,Fianna Fáil TD (died 2019).
2 February –Liam Burke,Fine Gael TD (died 2005).
2 March –Pearse Wyse,Fianna Fáil andProgressive Democrats politician (died 2009).
4 May –Thomas Kinsella, poet, translator, editor and publisher (died 2021).
24 May –William Trevor, novelist and playwright (died 2016).
May –Brian O'Doherty aka Patrick Ireland, art critic in the United States.
4 June -Arthur Murphy, broadcaster and singer (died 2019)
17 July –Chris Giles, footballer (died 2006)
21 July –John B. Keane, playwright, novelist and essayist (died 2002).
23 July –Denis Mahony, Gaelic footballer (died 2017)
10 August –Peter Barry,Fine Gael TD,Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister (died 2016).
17 August
- Ernest Bodell, cricketer (died 2003).
- Pat Saward, soccer player (died 2002).
6 September –Maura Murphy, writer (died 2005).
6 October –Maeve Kyle, Olympian runner and hockey player and coach.
11 October –Robin Roe, clergyman and rugby player (died 2010).
12 October -Ulick O'Connor, writer, historian and critic (died 2019).
22 October –Dominic Behan, songwriter, novelist and playwright (died 1989).
19 November –Paddy Power,Fianna Fáil TD forKildare and Cabinet Minister (died 2013).
1 December -Denis Donoghue, literary critic (died 2021).
17 December –Seán Purcell,GalwayGaelic footballer (died 2005).
Full date unknown
- Paddy Barry,Cork hurler (died 2000).
- Seán South,IRA leader (fatally wounded during attack onRoyal Ulster Constabulary barracks inBrookeborough 1957).

Deaths

20 January –John de Robeck, admiral in theBritish Navy (born1862).
25 February –William O'Brien, nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author (born1852).
17 March –Lawrence Bulger, international rugby union player (born1875).
4 April –Alan Joseph Adamson, politician in Canada (born1857).
18 May –Standish James O'Grady, author, journalist, historian (born1846).
18 June –Donn Byrne, author, automobile accident (born1889 in the United States).
22 July –Lawrence E. McGann,Democrat U.S. Representative fromIllinois (born1852).
6 August –W. H. Grattan Flood, musicologist and historian (born1857).
29 September –John Devoy,Fenian organiser, exiled to America (born1842).^[4]
6 October –Pádraic Ó Conaire, journalist and writer (born1882).
26 October –Michael McCarthy,nationalist anticlerical lawyer (died 1928 in Ireland).
25 November –J. J. Clancy,Member of Parliament, barrister and journalist (born1847).
Full date unknown
- F. Elrington Ball, author and legal historian (born1863).

References

^Bell, Daniel (2003).Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 474.ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^Othfors, Daniel."Celtic (II)".the great ocean liners. Archived fromthe original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved19 September 2009.
^Clucas, Joan Graff (1988).Mother Teresa. New York: Chelsea House Publications.ISBN 1-55546-855-1.
^Boylan, Henry (1998).A dictionary of Irish biography (3 ed.). Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.ISBN 0717125076.

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