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EVENTS

January 29 - In Belfast , members of the Nationalist opposition protest at the Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish Proportional Representation .

January 31 - The outgoing Governor-General , T.M. Healy leaves the Vice-Regal Lodge . His successor is James McNeill .

February 25 - William O'Brien , former activist in the Home Rule and Land Campaigns , dies in London aged 75.

April 12 - The first east-west transatlantic flight leaves Baldonnel Aerodrome in Dublin . Commandant James Fitzmaurice is on board the ''Bremen''.

April 30 - Cheering crowds in New York greet the crew of the ''Bremen'' after it made the first east-west transatlantic journey.

May 19 - The foundation stone of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at Stormont .

May 29 - 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.

June 14 - 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 .

July 30 - 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.

August 27 - Fifteen countries, including the Ireland , sign the Kellog Peace Pact in Paris . The Irish Tricolour flies at the Quai D'Orsay amongst the flags of 50 other nations.

August 30 - 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 .

September 10 - The Saorstát Pound ('Free State Pound') becomes a reality as the first Irish Banknotes circulates for over a century.

December 12 - The first Irish Coinage is circulated in the state making complete the introduction of Banknote s and Coinage of the Irish Free State .

Irish becomes a compulsory subject for the Intermediate Certificate.

---Dr. Pat O'Callaghan is the first person to win a gold medal for Ireland .

John McCormack is appointed a Papal Count for his services to music.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

William butler Yeats wrote the tower

SPORTS

The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kildare (football)

The first Irish team attends the Olympic Games

BIRTHS

May 24 - William Trevor , novelist and playwright.

August 10 - Peter Barry , former Fine Gael TD , Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.

DEATHS