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February 9 - Brian De Valera , the third son of Éamon De Valera dies tragically in a horse-riding accident aged 21.

March 5 - 500 delegates attend the Fine Gael - United Ireland Party Árd-Feis in Dublin . W.T. Cosgrave is once again nominated as its president.

April 4 - A dispute between two unions over who makes coffins results in the coffin of an abandoned infant being turned away from Glasnevin Cemetery .

May 27 - Aer Lingus makes its first flight. The five-seater plane, ''Iolar,'' travels from Baldonnell to Bristol .

May 28 - The Dáil passes a motion abolishing the Senate of the Irish Free State .

June 20 - The IRA is (again) declared an illegal organisation by the government.

November 20 - General Eoin O'Duffy leads 600 men in his Bandera to fight for Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War . Some source articles about the Bandera.

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BIRTHS

March 15 - David Andrews , former Fianna Fáil TD , Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Irish Red Cross.

April 19 - Séamus Pattison , Labour Party TD and former Ceann Comhairle .

May 7 - Tony O'Reilly , former rugby player and businessman.

June 8 - Michael O'Leary , former leader of the Labour Party , Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.

July 9 - Bobby Molloy , former Fianna Fáil / Progressive Democrats TD and Cabinet Minister.

August 17 - Seamus Mallon , former Deputy-Leader of the Social Democratic & Labour Party and first Deputy-First Minister Of Northern Ireland .

DEATHS