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3 January - William Joyce , alias Lord Haw Haw, is hanged in Wandsworth Prison for treason.

7 January - The Minister for Education, Tomás Ó Deirg , announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish Language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate .

21 January - Work starts on a comprehensive Irish-English dictionary.

4 February - It is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin .

17 June - Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin - Paris air service.

6 July - A new republican political party, Clann Na Poblachta , is formed in Dublin .

25 July - Éamon De Valera 's motion to apply for membership of the United Nations is accepted in the Dáil .

6 August - On the first anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Captain Bob Lewis , the co-pilot of the '' Enola Gay '', the aircraft which dropped the bomb, arrives at Shannon Airport , completing his first flight as a civil aviation pilot.

in existence since 1939 - it becomes effective on 2 September .

29 August - George Bernard Shaw is honoured by being made a freeman of Dublin .

6 October - 70 primary school teachers protest on the pitch in Croke Park at half-time during the Kerry - Roscommon All-Ireland Football Final due to low pay.

22 November - Walt Disney arrives in Dublin . He has a meeting with the Folklore Commission to further his investigation of leprechauns for a forthcoming film.

18 December - The government announces the release of 24 internees, including Brendan Behan .

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2 April - Ruairí Quinn , leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister.

22 May - George Best , footballer.

19 October - Jim Mitchell , Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.

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