1930 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1930 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- John Dulanty begins a 20-year spell as Ireland's High Commissioner (later, Ambassador) to London.[1]
- 31 December â Mayo County Council is dissolved by ministerial order for refusing to appoint Miss Letitia Dunbar-Harrison to the position of county librarian on the grounds that she is a Protestant.[2]
Arts and literature
- 1 July â George Shiels' play The New Gossoon is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
- 28 August â a painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, found in an Irish cottage, is authenticated.
- 17 November â W. B. Yeats' 1-act play The Words Upon The Window Pane is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.[3]
- Samuel Beckett's first separately issued work, the poem Whoroscope, is published by Nancy Cunard's Hours Press in France.[4]
- George Moore publishes Aphrodite in Aulis and A Flood.
- 'Ã' (George William Russell) publishes Enchantment, and Other Poems.[4]
Sport
Football
- League of Ireland
- Winners: Bohemians
- FAI Cup
- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 â 0 Brideville
Golf
- Irish Open is won by Charles Whitcombe (England).
Motor racing
Births
- 4 January â Tras Honan, Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Ãireann
- 7 January â Justin Keating, senior Irish Labour Party politician, Teachta Dála, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament and member of Seanad Ãireann (died 2009)
- 12 January â Jennifer Johnston, novelist and playwright
- 18 January â Breandán à hEithir, journalist and broadcaster working in Irish and English languages (died 1990)
- 22 February â David Cremin, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
- 30 March â Fergus O'Brien, Fine Gael TD and Minister of State
- 13 March â Don Cockburn, television newsreader (died 2017)
- 1 April â Frank Cluskey, leader of the Irish Labour Party (died 1989)
- 12 April â Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, peer and public servant (died 2003)
- 26 April â Jack Fitzsimons, architect, member of Seanad Ãireann and campaigner (died 2014)
- 10 May â William McDermott, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavélica, Peru
- 13 June â Billy Ringrose, equestrian (died 2020)
- 27 June â Enda McDonagh, priest (died 2021)
- 28 June â William C. Campbell, parasitologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 2 July â Maeve Kelly, writer (died 2025)
- 13 August â Frank Durkan, lawyer in the United States (died 2006)
- 19 August â Frank McCourt, teacher and writer (died 2009)
- 29 August â MÃcheál à Muircheartaigh, Gaelic games commentator for Radio TelifÃs Ãireann
- 30 August â Kieran Crotty, Fine Gael TD
- 9 September â Des Hanafin, Fianna Fáil politician, member of Seanad Ãireann (died 2017)
- 14 September â George Eogan, archaeologist, member of Seanad Ãireann (died 2021)
- 26 September â Joe Sherlock, Labour Party TD (died 2007)
- 1 October â Richard Harris, actor (died 2002)
- 5 October â Sean Potts, tin whistle player with The Chieftains (died 2014)
- 11 October â Joan O'Hara, actress (died 2007)
- 22 October â Philomena Lynott, entrepreneur and memoirist (died 2019)
- 23 October â Thomas Flanagan, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio (died 2019)
- 4 November â Gerry Duffy, cricketer
- 17 November â Brian Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister, senator and presidential candidate (died 1995)
- 15 December â Edna O'Brien, novelist and short story writer (died 2024)
- Full date unknown
- Edward Delaney, sculptor
- Seán à Coisdealbha, poet, playwright and actor (died 2006)
- Bertie Troy, priest, hurler and All-Ireland winning manager with Cork (died 2007)
Deaths
- 26 September â Dick Fitzgerald, Kerry Gaelic footballer (born 1882)
- 29 September â Bryan Mahon, British Army general, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and Senator (born 1862)
- 1 October â James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864)
- 31 October â Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, Nationalist politician, barrister and philanthropist (born 1850)
- 30 November â Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, labor and community organizer, member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and socialist in the United States (born 1830)