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List of events
Events from the year 1928 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
29 January – in
Belfast , members of the
nationalist opposition protest at the
Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish
Proportional representation .
31 January – the outgoing
Governor-General ,
T. M. Healy leaves the
Vice-Regal Lodge . His successor is
James McNeill .
25 February –
William O'Brien , former activist in the
Home Rule and
land campaigns , dies in London aged 75.
12 April – the first east–west
transatlantic flight by aeroplane leaves Baldonnel Aerodrome in
Dublin . Commandant
James Fitzmaurice is on board the
Bremen .
30 April – cheering crowds in
New York greet the crew of the Bremen after it has made its transatlantic flight.
19 May – the foundation stone of the new
Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at
Stormont .
29 May – it is suggested that the old Irish flag – that of a gold harp with a blue background – should be carried at the
Olympic Games in
Amsterdam . However, the Irish tricolour has already been registered as the national flag.
14 June – amendments to the Court of Justice bill state that certain judges cannot be appointed if they do not have a competent knowledge of the
Irish language .
30 July – the Irish Tricolour is raised for the first time at the
Olympic Games when Dr.
Pat O'Callaghan wins a gold medal for hammer throwing.
11–22 August – The
Tailteann Games take place in
Dublin .
[1]
27 August – fifteen countries, including
Ireland , sign the Kellog Peace Pact in Paris. The Irish Tricolour flies at the
Quai d'Orsay amongst the flags of 50 other nations.
30 August – the
United States Secretary of State ,
Frank Kellogg , visits
Dublin on his return journey from the Paris Peace Convention. He is granted the freedom of
Dublin .
10 September – the
Saorstát Pound ('Free State Pound') becomes a reality as the
Currency Commission places into circulation the first (
Series A )
Irish banknotes issued for over a century.
10 December – the Belfast-built
RMS Celtic (1901) , the first ship to exceed 20,000 tons, runs aground off
Cobh and is declared a total loss.
[2]
12 December – the first
Irish coinage is circulated in the state making complete the introduction of
banknotes and
coinage of the
Irish Free State .
Irish becomes a compulsory subject for the Intermediate Certificate.
Albanian missionary
sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as
Mother Teresa , joins the
Sisters of Loreto at
Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham , to learn English in order to teach schoolchildren in India.
[3]
Arts and literature
Sport
Gaelic Games
The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kildare (football).
Golf
Olympics
Births
23 January –
Jackie Fahey ,
Fianna Fáil
TD (died 2019).
2 February –
Liam Burke ,
Fine Gael
TD (died 2005).
2 March –
Pearse Wyse ,
Fianna Fáil and
Progressive Democrats politician (died 2009).
4 May –
Thomas Kinsella , poet, translator, editor and publisher (died 2021).
24 May –
William Trevor , novelist and playwright (died 2016).
May –
Brian O'Doherty aka Patrick Ireland, art critic in the United States.
4 June -
Arthur Murphy , broadcaster and singer (died 2019)
17 July –
Chris Giles , footballer (died 2006)
21 July –
John B. Keane , playwright, novelist and essayist (died 2002).
23 July –
Denis Mahony , Gaelic footballer (died 2017)
10 August –
Peter Barry ,
Fine Gael
TD ,
Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister (died 2016).
17 August
6 September –
Maura Murphy , writer (died 2005).
6 October –
Maeve Kyle , Olympian runner and hockey player and coach.
11 October –
Robin Roe , clergyman and rugby player (died 2010).
12 October -
Ulick O'Connor , writer, historian and critic (died 2019).
22 October –
Dominic Behan , songwriter, novelist and playwright (died 1989).
19 November –
Paddy Power ,
Fianna Fáil
TD for
Kildare and Cabinet Minister (died 2013).
1 December -
Denis Donoghue , literary critic (died 2021).
17 December –
Seán Purcell ,
Galway
Gaelic footballer (died 2005).
Full date unknown
Deaths
20 January –
John de Robeck , admiral in the
British Navy (born
1862 ).
25 February –
William O'Brien , nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author (born
1852 ).
17 March –
Lawrence Bulger , international rugby union player (born
1875 ).
4 April –
Alan Joseph Adamson , politician in Canada (born
1857 ).
18 May –
Standish James O'Grady , author, journalist, historian (born
1846 ).
22 July –
Lawrence E. McGann ,
Democrat
U.S. Representative from
Illinois (born
1852 ).
6 August –
W. H. Grattan Flood , musicologist and historian (born
1857 ).
29 September –
John Devoy ,
Fenian organiser, exiled to America (born
1842 ).
[4]
6 October –
Pádraic Ó Conaire , journalist and writer (born
1882 ).
26 October –
Michael McCarthy ,
nationalist anticlerical lawyer (died 1928 in Ireland).
25 November –
J. J. Clancy ,
Member of Parliament , barrister and journalist (born
1847 ).
Full date unknown
References
^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games . Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 474.
ISBN
0-7864-1026-4 .
^ Othfors, Daniel.
"Celtic (II)" . the great ocean liners . Archived from
the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009 .
^ Clucas, Joan Graff (1988).
Mother Teresa . New York: Chelsea House Publications.
ISBN
1-55546-855-1 .
^ Boylan, Henry (1998). A dictionary of Irish biography (3 ed.). Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
ISBN
0717125076 .