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EVENTS

January 13 - Beechpark, the residence of President W.T. Cosgrave in Dublin , is set on fire.

January 10 - An order is signed creating the Revenue Commissioners .

January 22 - The Minister For Education , Eoin MacNeill , announces that Irish is to become a subject for examination in the Civil Service.

February 18 - An amnesty for IRA Irregulars expires on this day. It was introduced by the Minister For Home Affairs , Kevin O'Higgins .

April 10 - Liam Lynch , Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, is wounded and captured. His subsequent death in Clonmel is also announced by the army.

April 14 - Austin Stack is captured by Free State troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains .

April 30 - Thousands turn up to greet Jim Larkin as he returns to Ireland after a nine year absence.

May 28 - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on May 24 . The letters, signed by Éamon De Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over.

July 20 - Éamon De Valera appeals to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the upcoming general election.

August 15 - Éamon De Valera is arrested at an election meeting in Ennis , County Clare .

September 17 - 33 members present themselves at Leinster House for the swearing in of the new Dáil . No anti- Treaty republicans attend.

September 19 - The Fourth Dáil meets for the first time at Leinster House . Michael Hayes is elected Ceann Comhairle and W.T. Cosgrave is elected President Of The Executive Council .

October 15 - The Mallow Viaduct over the River Blackwater is officially re-opened by President W.T. Cosgrave .

November 14 - The Nobel Prize For Literature is awarded to poet and playwright William Butler Yeats .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORTS

The All-Ireland Champions are Galway (hurling) and Dublin (football)

BIRTHS

February 9 - Brendan Behan , poet, novelist and playwright.

May 2 - Patrick Hillery , former Fianna Fáil TD , Cabinet Minister and sixth President Of Ireland .

October 23 - Paddy Donegan , former Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.

DEATHS