1931 in Ireland

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See also:	1931 in Northern Ireland; Other events of 1931; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1931 in Ireland.

Events

12 February - Sixteen members of the Ennis Dalcassian Gaelic Athletic Association club are expelled for attending the Ennis-Nenagh rugby match.
17 March - First St. Patrick's Day parade held in the Irish Free State, reviewed by Desmond FitzGerald, Minister of Defense.
3 April - Persistent rainfall causes the banks of the River Lee to burst. Half the houses in Cork are flooded.
7 May - The Irish Youth Hostel Service, An Óige, is established.
17 May - Muintir na Tíre, the rural organisation, is founded by Canon John Hayes.
9 July - Dublin-born racing driver Kaye Don breaks the world water speed record at Lake Garda, Italy.^[1]
13 August - Law books return to the rebuilt Four Courts where High Court business resumes after its destruction during the Civil War.
5 September - The first issue of The Irish Press, the newspaper of Fianna Fáil, goes on sale for 1d.
27 September - Saor Éire's first National Congress takes place in the Iona Hall in Dublin.
4 December - The derelict aerodrome at Collinstown in north County Dublin is considered as the site for a new civil airport.
Ulster Canal abandoned.^[2]

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.^[3]
'Æ' (George William Russell) publishes Vale, and Other Poems.^[4]
Samuel Beckett's Proust is published.
Cecil Day-Lewis's poetry From Feathers To Iron is published.
Lord Dunsany's The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens 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.
Francis Stuart's first novel, Women and God, is published.

Winners: Shelbourne

Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 1, 1 - 0 Dundalk

1 January - Jimmy Smyth, former Clare hurler.
2 March - Paddy Cooney, solicitor, former Fine Gael TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP.
9 March - Jackie Healy-Rae, Fianna Fáil. TD for Kerry South.
9 April - Patrick Walsh, Bishop of Down & Connor (1991–).
5 June - Laurence Forristal, Bishop of Ossory (1981 - ).
8 July - Thomas Flynn, Bishop of Achonry (1976–2007).
26 July - Paddy Harte, former Fine Gael TD and Minister of State.
1 August - Seán Ó Riada, composer and musician (died 1971).
20 September - Malachy McCourt, actor, writer and politician.
13 October - Jimmy O'Neill, soccer player (died 2007).
27 October - Seán Calleary, former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State.
28 November - Dervla Murphy, travel writer.
1 December - Mervyn Taylor, former Labour Party TD and Cabinet Minister.

19 January - Mary Elizabeth Byrne, literary scholar (born 1880).
7 March - Hamilton Lyster Reed, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1899 at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa (born 1869).
26 March - Timothy Michael Healy, Nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and first Governor-General of the Irish Free State (born 1855).
22 March - James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, lawyer, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, first Chairman of Seanad Éireann (born 1851).
2 April - Katharine Tynan, novelist and poet (born 1861).
13 April - William Dowler Morris, mayor of Ottawa (born 1857).
22 April - Patrick Kenny, Independent member of the Seanad for 12 years from 1922. Leas Ceann Comhairle 1928.
25 June - Con Lucid, Major League Baseball player (born 1874).
17 August - Pretty Polly, racehorse (born 1901).
27 August - Frank Harris, author, editor, journalist and publisher (born 1856).
29 September - William Orpen, painter (born 1878).
18 October - Reginald Clare Hart, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 in the Bazar Valley, Afghanistan (born 1848).
23 October - Peter de Loughry, member of 1922 Seanad, TD representing Carlow–Kilkenny from 1927 to 1931.
28 October - Patrick Glynn, Attorney General of Australia and Minister for External Affairs (born 1855).
27 December - Alfred Perceval Graves, writer (born 1846).