1929 in Ireland

Events from the year 1929 in Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

17 January – all cats from abroad, except Great Britain, are to be kept in quarantine for a period of six months to avoid rabies.
8 February – a Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
20 February – Major-General Seán Mac Eoin, the Blacksmith of Ballinalee, is appointed Chief of Staff of the army.
12 May
* After his resignation from the army Major-General Seán Mac Eoin receives the Cumann na nGaedheal nomination in the Sligo-Leitrim by-election.
*Maud Gonne MacBride is arrested and charged with seditious libel against the State.
22 May – Northern Ireland general election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the first held following abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat territorial constituencies. The Ulster Unionist Party retains a substantial majority.
23 June – 300,000 people attend the Pontifical High Mass at the Phoenix Park to mark the end of the Catholic emancipation centenary celebrations.
11 July – the restored General Post Office, Dublin, is officially opened by President W. T. Cosgrave.
22 July – the Shannon hydro-electric scheme at Ardnacrusha, County Clare is opened.
August – Censorship of Publications Act sets up the Censorship of Publications Board.
21 October – the Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme is handed over to the ESB, bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin.
24 October – start of Wall Street crash; Ireland's economy suffers.
Six banks in Northern Ireland begin to issue banknotes in sterling.
Primary Certificate introduced, but optional, at end of primary education.
Fordson tractor production is moved to Cork from the United States.
Inishtrahull is depopulated.

Arts and literature

22 April – the first talking film, The Singing Fool starring Al Jolson, opens in the Capitol Theatre, Dublin.
3 July – Denis Johnston's The Old Lady Says "No!" is premièred by the Gate Theatre in Dublin, directed by Hilton Edwards.
29 November – Savoy Cinema opens in Dublin with the American colour talkie On with the Show.
Elizabeth Bowen publishes her novel The Last September, set during the Irish War of Independence.
Cecil Day-Lewis publishes Transitional Poem.
Louis MacNeice publishes his poetry Blind Fireworks.
Tomás Ó Criomhthain's autobiographical oldwikisource:An t-Oileánach is published.
Peadar O'Donnell publishes his novel Adrigool.
George Bernard Shaw's political satire The Apple Cart is first performed.
W. B. Yeats publishes his poetry A Packet for Ezra Pound and The Winding Stair.

Sport

Football

;League of Ireland
:Winners: Shelbourne
;FAI Cup
:Winners: Shamrock Rovers 0–0, 3–0 Bohemians
St Patrick's Athletic F.C. is founded

Gaelic Games

The All-Ireland Champions are Cork and Kerry.

Golf

Irish Open is won by Abe Mitchell.

Motor racing

Irish International Grand Prix is won by Boris Ivanowski

Births

9 January – Brian Farrell, author, journalist, academic and broadcaster.
7 February
* Norman Rodway, actor.
* Constance Smith, actress.
10 February – Liam Ó Murchú, television broadcaster.
14 February – Noel Lemass, Fianna Fáil TD.
27 February – Richie Ryan, Fine Gael TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP.
11 March – Erskine Barton Childers, writer and broadcaster.
15 March – Paddy Buggy, Kilkenny hurler, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
1 April – Michael O'Herlihy, television director.
9 April – James McLoughlin, Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway.
14 May – Brendan O'Reilly, broadcaster and actor.
9 June – Shay Gibbons, international soccer player.
11 July – David Kelly, actor.
20 August – Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer and manager.
7 September – T. P. McKenna, character actor.
9 September – Mervyn Jaffey, cricketer.
17 September – David Craig, Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom).
9 October – Michael Dargan, cricketer.
16 October – James Kelly, Irish Army officer cleared of attempting to import arms for the IRA in the 1970 Arms Trial.
28 October – Paddy Keaveney, Independent Fianna Fáil TD.
14 November – Jimmy Gray, GAA sportsman.
20 November – Ned Power, Waterford hurler.
21 November – Niall Toibin, comedian and actor.
23 December – Ouida Ramón-Moliner, anaesthetist.
;Full date unknown
:*Camille Souter, English-born painter.
:*Tim Sweeney, hurler.

Deaths

February – Jim Connell, political activist, writer of The Red Flag.
6 March – Thomas Taggart, politician in the United States
23 March – William Sears, newspaper proprietor, member of 1st Dáil representing South Mayo .
27 April – Austin Stack, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil.
28 April – Alice Stopford Green, historian and nationalist, Independent member of the Seanad in 1922, 1925 and 1928.
29 April – Otto Jaffe, twice elected as Irish Unionist Party Lord Mayor of Belfast.
1 May – Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter.
28 May – Alice Stopford Green, nationalist, historian and journalist.
5 July – Ted Sullivan, Major League Baseball player and manager
12 July – Sir Nugent Everard, 1st Baronet soldier, Seanad member.
11 August – Jer Doheny, Kilkenny hurler.
10 October – Rose Mary Barton, watercolourist.
19 October – Feardorcha Ó Conaill, Gaelic scholar
18 November – T. P. O'Connor, journalist and member of parliament.
Full date unknown – Grace Rhys, novelist