1922 in Ireland explained
Events from the year 1922 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
January–February
March–April
- 22 March – senior officer Rory O'Connor declares that the Irish Republican Army will no longer obey Dáil Éireann.
- 1 April
- The British Government orders the release of all Irish prisoners in British prisons convicted of sedition.
- The Irish Post Office takes over responsibility for its own operations.
- 26 - 28 April – Dunmanway killings: Thirteen Protestant men, suspected of involvement as or with informants to the British Army, are killed in and around Dunmanway, County Cork.[4]
- 14 April – Rory O'Connor, with 200 other anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army men under his command, occupies the Four Courts building in the centre of Dublin in defiance of the Provisional Government.
- 26 April – the Irish Catholic Church hierarchy implores the people of Ireland to accept the Treaty and to make the best of the freedom which it brings.
May–June
- 4 May – a conference at the Mansion House, Dublin, between both sections of the Irish Republican Army secures a three-day truce.
- 15 May – the Civic Guard Mutiny begins in Kildare.
- 16 May – the final group of British troops leave the Curragh Camp.
- 19 May – the Irish Republican Army, with Collins's covert support, attempts to launch a "Northern Offensive" in Ulster.[3]
- 20 May – a "pact" between de Valera and Collins provides that Sinn Féin contest election as a single party
- 22 May – two hundred men, all Catholics, are arrested and interned under the Special Powers Act after a period of public disorder and the murder of a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, mostly on HMS Argenta prison ship moored in Belfast Lough. They include national spokesman Sean Nethercott and national leader Cahir Healy.[5]
- June – the first aircraft of the Air Corps arrives at Baldonnel Aerodrome.[6]
- 1 June – official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
- 12 June – at Windsor Castle in England, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
- 16 June – pro-treaty candidates receive 75 percent of the vote in the general election.
July–August
- 4 July – the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army captures Skibbereen and Listowel, effectively clearing pro-Treaty troops from County Cork and establishing the "Munster Republic".[3]
- 5 July – end of the Battle of Dublin. Cathal Brugha refuses to surrender himself and is badly wounded as he tries to leave his garrison in the Hamman Hotel,[3] dying two days later.
- 8 July – the National Army takes Blessington.[3]
- 13 July – the Free State government appoints a War Council, comprising Michael Collins, Richard Mulcahy and Eoin O'Duffy, to direct military operations against the Irregulars.
- 16 July – three hundred IRA members are captured in Dundalk, County Louth, by the National Army. Seventy more surrender in County Sligo and their last stronghold in County Donegal is captured.
- 19 July – the National Army secures Limerick.[3]
- 20 July – IRA surrender Waterford.[3]
- 24 July – a National Army force lands near Westport, County Mayo, and the IRA abandons the town.[3]
- 27 July – 105 IRA prisoners escape from Dundalk Gaol.
- 30 July – the Dublin Guard take Bruree.[3]
- 31 July – Éamon de Valera's Private Secretary, Harry Boland, is seriously wounded while resisting arrest in a hotel room in Dublin.
- 2 August – the Dublin Guard lands from a ship at Fenit and begins to drive the IRA out of County Kerry.[3]
- 3 August[3]
- 5 August – the National Army enters Kilmallock.[3]
- 7 - 8 August – National Army forces commanded by Emmet Dalton, embarked on ships in Dublin, land at Youghal, Union Hall and Passage West to retake County Cork from the "Munster Republic".[3]
- 8 August – IRA blows up rail and road viaducts at Ballyvoile in County Waterford.[8]
- 10 August – the National Army secures the city of Cork; end of the "Munster Republic".[3]
- 11 August – Fermoy is abandoned to the National Army.[3]
- 12 August – Arthur Griffith dies suddenly in Dublin. He founded Sinn Féin, was a supporter of national self-reliance and led the Treaty negotiations in 1921.
- 16 August – the funeral of Arthur Griffith takes place at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. W. T. Cosgrave delivers the graveside oration.
- 17 August – Dublin Castle is formally handed over to the National Army as the last British Army troops leave.
- 19 August – remaining units of the Irish Republican Army are ordered to adopt guerrilla tactics.[3]
- 22 August – Michael Collins is killed in an ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork. In his 32 years of life he fought during the Easter Rising in 1916, was a member of the delegation that negotiated the Treaty in 1921 and at the time of his death was Commander-in-Chief of the government forces.
- 28 August – all businesses close for the day as a mark of respect for the funeral of Michael Collins which takes place today. Richard Mulcahy delivers the graveside oration.
September–October
- 9 September – the first meeting of the Provisional Parliament, or the Third Dáil, takes place at Leinster House. W. T. Cosgrave is elected President of Dáil Éireann and Chairman of the Provisional Government.
- 17 September – W. T. Cosgrave introduces the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann Bill to enable the implementation of the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland.
- 16 October – two men, James Ambrose and Daniel King, are killed by shots fired into a car traveling from Newcastle West to Ballyquirk, Limerick.[9]
- 26 October – the standing committee of Sinn Féin last meets before the party de facto dissolves.[10]
November–December
See also Timeline of the Irish Civil War
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
- League of Ireland
Winners: St James's Gate (first ever competition)
- FAI Cup
Winners: St James's Gate 1–1, 1–0 Shamrock Rovers (first ever competition, played at Dalymount Park, Dublin, 17 March; replay at same venue 8 April)
Gaelic Games
Births
- 9 January – Patrick Denis O'Donnell, military historian, writer and Commandant of the Irish Defence Forces (died 2005).
- 10 January – Terence Kilmartin, member of the British Special Operations Executive, journalist and translator (died 1991).
- 26 January – Seán Flanagan, captain of winning Mayo All Ireland football teams in the 1950s, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (died 1993).
- 22 February – Joe Carr, amateur golfer (died 2004).
- 7 March – Paddy Clancy, folk singer (died 1998).
- 4 April – Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Irish language scholar and academic.
- 25 April – Tommy Maher, Kilkenny hurler and coach (died 2015).
- 28 April – Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, fiddle player (died 2006).
- 4 June – Terry de Valera, youngest son of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera, solicitor, Taxing Master of Supreme Court until 1992 (died 2007).
- 14 June – Kevin Roche, architect (died 2019 in the United States).
- 12 July – Reginald Lyons, cricketer (died 1976).
- 14 July – Bríd Mahon, folklorist (died 2008).
- 15 July – Cathal Ó Sándair, writer (born in England; died 1996).
- 30 July – James Dooge, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (died 2010).
- 8 September – Kathleen Ryan, actress (died 1985).
- 11 September – Freddie Anderson, playwright and socialist (died 2001).
- 17 September – Thomas Finlay, judge, politician and barrister (died 2017)
- 27 September – James Wilson, composer (died 2005).
- 1 October – Neil Blaney, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (died 1995).
- 25 October – Brendan Cauldwell, actor (died 2006).
- 28 October – Con Murphy, Cork hurler and President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (died 2007).
- 23 November – Denis Gallagher, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (died 2001).
- 24 November – Richard Leech, actor (died 2004).
- 3 December – Kit Lawlor, soccer player (died 2004).
- 19 December – Eamonn Andrews, broadcaster (died 1987).
Deaths
- 5 January – Ernest Shackleton, explorer, remembered for his Antarctic expedition of 1914 - 1916 in the ship Endurance (born 1874).
- 11 January – Thomas Lough, Liberal politician in Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Cavan (born 1850).
- 1 February
- 3 February – John Butler Yeats, artist and father of W. B. Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats (born 1839).
- 16 April – Frank Lawless, Sinn Féin TD, member of the 1st Dáil and the 2nd Dáil (born 1870).
- 29 April – Richard Croker, politician in the United States and a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall (born 1843).
- 22 May – William J. Twaddell, Ulster Unionist Party MP, assassinated by Irish Republican Army (born 1884).
- 31 May – Joseph McGuinness, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of the 1st Dáil (born 1875).
- 22 June – Sir Henry Wilson, British Field Marshal and Conservative Party politician, killed by the IRA (born 1864).
- 7 July – Cathal Brugha, active in Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, and Irish Civil War and first Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, shot by Free State troops (born 1874).
- 26 July – John Clark, boxer (born 1849).
- 2 August – Harry Boland, Irish Volunteer in Easter Rising, Sinn Féin MP, shot by members of the Free State National Army (born 1887).
- 12 August – Arthur Griffith, founder and third leader of Sinn Féin, served as President of Dáil Éireann (born 1872).
- 22 August – Michael Collins, Revolutionary and Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army, Cabinet Minister, shot and killed (born 1890).
- 21 September – Frederick Thomas Trouton, physicist responsible for Trouton's Rule (born 1863).
- 24 November – Erskine Childers, writer, nationalist, executed by Free State firing squad (born 1870).
- 28 November – Anna Haslam, women's rights activist, suffragist (born 1829).
- 8 December – executed in Mountjoy Jail during the Irish Civil War
- 20 December – Séamus Dwyer, Sinn Féin politician, shot (born 1886).
- 25 December – Joseph MacDonagh, anti-Treaty Sinn Féin member of 1st Dáil representing Tipperary North, insurance broker (born 1883).
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 491–493.
- Web site: Robert. Lynch. The Clones affray, 1922 – massacre or invasion?. History Ireland. 2009. 2012-12-21.
- Book: Cottrell, Peter. The War for Ireland, 1913–1923. Oxford. Osprey Publishing. 2009. 978-1-84603-9966.
- Book: Cottrell, Peter. The Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles of 1913–1922. 2006. Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 978-1-84603-023-9. 70–2.
- Ref 01512 Fermanagh County Museum.
- Web site: A Concise History of the Irish Air Corps. Óglaigh na hÉireann. 2012-08-23.
- Web site: Today in Irish History, 22 June 1922 – The assassination of Henry Wilson. The Irish Story. 17 November 2022.
- Neil. Parkhouse. The IRA attack on the viaducts at Ballyvoile. Railway Archive. 38 . 55–66 . March 2013.
- News: The Tragedy Near Newcastle West. The Limerick Chronicle. 1922-10-26. 2015-11-13.
- Book: Laffan, Michael. The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923. 1999. Cambridge University Press. 9781139426299. 417.
