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EVENTS

January 17 - All cats from abroad, except Great Britain , are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies.

February 8 - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon De Valera , to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh .

February 20 - Major-General Seán MacEoin , the ''Blacksmith of Ballinalee,'' is appointed Chief of Staff of the Army .

April 22 - The first talking film, ''The Singing Fool'' starring Al Jolson , opens in the Capitol Theatre in Dublin .

May 12 - After his resignation from the army Major-General Seán MacEoin receives the Cumann Na NGaedhael nomination in the Sligo - Leitrim by-election.

---On the same day Maud Gonne MacBride is arrested and charged with seditious libel against the State.

June 23 - 300,000 people attend the Pontifical High Mass at the Phoenix Park to mark the end of the Catholic Emancipation centenary celebrations.

July 11 - The restored General Post Office is officially opened by President W.T. Cosgrave .

July 22 - The Shannon hydro-electric scheme at Ardnacrusha , County Clare is opened.

October 21 - The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme is handed over to the ESB ( Electricity Supply Board ), bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin .

Proportional Representation is abolished in Northern Ireland .

The first Irish banknotes are issued.

Ireland's economy suffers due to the Stock Market Crash Of 1929 .

Primary Certificate - introduced, but optional, at end of primary education

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORTS

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

BIRTHS

January 9 - Brian Friel , playwright.

DEATHS