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Events from the year 1940 in Ireland. January – The Irish Naval Service acquired the first of its six motor torpedo boats, the M1. 3 January – Tomás Óg Mac Curtain shot and mortally wounded Detective Garda Síochána John Roche in Cork city centre. He had been disarmed by Garda Pat Malone in 1935.
The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death (where known) and the cause of death.
The rate of emigration, especially for single women, remained high during the 1930s and 1940s, with England the main destination. There was also a movement into urban centres from rural areas. By the 1940s it appears that a general discontent with their conditions was becoming evident among the rural population.
Ireland in the 1940s: the Second World War, the IRA, social reform, the Republic ... Minister for Health: Wikipedia: Noel Browne's struggle with the church ... wesleyjohnston: William Craig's 1972 reminder of British guarantee of Northern Ireland's exemption from the Republic: CAIN: Ireland in 1949: Irish Historian: Return to top of page Back ...
The head of government, or prime minister, of Ireland is known as the Taoiseach and heads a cabinet called the Government. However, since 1919, heads of government in the Irish state have borne a number of titles.
9 mar 2015 · In April 1941, bombing raids on Belfast killed more than 700 civilians, prompting the Irish Government to send ambulances and fire-brigades across the Border.
Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland contain transcript registers of births, marriages and deaths from the seventeenth century onwards. These are held by the Religious Society of Friends Historical Library in Dublin or the Religious Society of Friends, Ulster Quarterly Meeting in Lisburn.
