1946 in Ireland
Events from the year 1946 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
3 January – William Joyce , alias Lord Haw Haw, is hanged in Wandsworth Prison for treason.
7 January – the Minister for Education, Thomas Derrig , announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate .
21 January – work starts on a comprehensive Irish-English dictionary.
George Bernard Shaw
4 February – it is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin .
17 June – Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin -Paris air service.
6 July – a new republican political party, Clann na Poblachta , is formed in Dublin.
25 July – Éamon de Valera 's motion to apply for membership of the United Nations is accepted in the Dáil .
6 August – on the first anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Captain Bob Lewis , the co-pilot of the Enola Gay , the aircraft which dropped the bomb, arrives at Shannon Airport , completing his first flight as a civil aviation pilot.
12 August – a plane bringing 23 French Girl Guides to Dublin crashes on Djouce in the Wicklow Mountains with no fatalities.[ 1]
29 August – George Bernard Shaw is honoured by being made a freeman of Dublin .
2 September – the Emergency Powers Act 1939 expires.[ 2] The Defence Forces (Requisitions of Emergency) Order, 1940, is also revoked by Order (signed 28 August) with effect from this date.
September – the Marine Service is formally disbanded and replaced by the Naval Service as a permanent component of the Irish Defence Forces .
6 October – seventy primary school teachers protest about low pay on the pitch at Croke Park at half-time during the Kerry –Roscommon All-Ireland Football Final .
22 November – Walt Disney arrives in Dublin. He has a meeting with the Irish Folklore Commission to further his investigation of leprechauns for a forthcoming film.
18 December – the government announces the release of 24 internees, including Brendan Behan .
Arts and literature
Sport
League of Ireland
Winners: Cork United
FAI Cup
Winners: Drumcondra 2–1 Shamrock Rovers .
Golf
Births
2 February – Tony Byrne , soccer player (died 2016).
2 April – Ruairi Quinn , leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister, TD for Dublin South-East .
9 April – Charlie O'Connor , Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South-West .
15 April – Michael Neary , Archbishop of Tuam (1995– ).
17 April – Henry Kelly , journalist, writer and television presenter.
25 April – Peter Sutherland , barrister, businessman and politician (died 2018).
May – Mary Upton , Labour Party TD for Dublin South-Central .
18 June – Ray Treacy , soccer player and manager.
Joe Kinnear
12 July – Seán Keane , fiddle player with The Chieftains (died 2023).
18 July – John Naughton , journalist, author and academic
6 August – Brendan Ryan , Independent then Labour Party Senator .
10 August – Jimmy Conway , soccer player (died 2020).
24 August – BP Fallon , author and photographer.
12 September – Pat Moylan , Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann (2007– ).
29 September – Michael Keating , Fine Gael TD and Minister, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats and Lord Mayor of Dublin .
2 October – Terry Conroy , soccer player.
19 October – Jim Mitchell , Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (died 2002).
21 November – Jim Fahy , journalist and broadcaster (died 2022)
29 November – Eamonn Campbell , folk guitarist/singer with The Dubliners (died 2017).
1 December – Gilbert O'Sullivan , pop singer/songwriter.
20 December – Tom McGurk , poet, journalist and broadcaster.
27 December – Joe Kinnear , soccer player and manager (died 2024).
31 December – Martin Mansergh , historian and Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South .
Full date unknown
Deaths
16 January – Bill O'Callaghan , Cork hurler (b. c1869).
19 January – Pádraic Ó Máille , Sinn Féin MP and TD , Fianna Fáil Senator (born 1878 ).
21 January – James Crowley , Sinn Féin TD , member 1st Dáil and Cumann na nGaedheal TD.
2 February – Jack White , soldier, trade unionist, co-founder of the Irish Citizen Army (born 1879 ).
27 February – James Cecil Parke , international rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist (born 1881 ).
9 March – John J. Glennon , Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis and cardinal (born 1862 ).
20 March – Frederic Trench, 3rd Baron Ashtown , peer (born 1868 ).
20 April – Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington , feminist, suffragette and writer (born 1877 ).
5 April – Martin Moffat , soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1882).
22 August – John Philip Bagwell , general manager Great Northern Railway , Seanad member (born 1874 ).
23 August – Samuel Cunningham , politician and Irish Privy Councillor (born 1862 ).
28 August – Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan , British Army commander in World War I, later Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Field Marshal (born 1865 ).
20 October – William Bernard Barry , politician in the United States (born 1902).
13 November – Patrick McLane , Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (born 1875 ).
16 December – Blayney Hamilton , cricketer (born 1872 ).
30 December – Mick Ahern , Cork hurler (born 1905).
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