1929 in Ireland

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See also:	1929 in Northern Ireland; Other events of 1929; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1929 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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
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
Catholic Emancipation
centenary celebrations.
11 July – the restored General Post Office, Dublin, is officially opened by President W. T. Cosgrave.
22 July – the
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 (
Electricity Supply Board), bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin
.

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 –
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.^[1]
Louis MacNeice publishes his poetry Blind Fireworks.^[1]
Tomás Ó Criomhthain's autobiographical An t-Oileánach
is published.

Peadar O'Donnell publishes his novel Adrigool.
George Bernard Shaw's political satire The Apple Cart is first performed (in Warsaw and Malvern).
W. B. Yeats publishes his poetry A Packet for Ezra Pound and The Winding Stair.

9 January – Brian Farrell, author, journalist, academic and broadcaster (died 2014).
7 February
- Norman Rodway, actor (died 2001).
- Constance Smith, actress (died 2003).
10 February – Liam Ó Murchú, television broadcaster (died 2015).
14 February – Noel Lemass, Fianna Fáil TD (died 1976).
27 February – Richie Ryan, Fine Gael TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (died 2019).
11 March – Erskine Barton Childers, writer and broadcaster (died 1996).
15 March –
President of the Gaelic Athletic Association
(died 2013).
1 April – Michael O'Herlihy, television director (died 1997).
9 April –
Roman Catholic Bishop of Galway
(died 2005).

14 May – Brendan O'Reilly, broadcaster and actor (died 2001).
9 June – Shay Gibbons, international soccer player (died 2006).
11 July – David Kelly, actor (died 2012).
20 August – Kevin Heffernan, Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2013).
7 September – T. P. McKenna, character actor (died 2011).
9 September – Mervyn Jaffey, cricketer.
17 September – David Craig, Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom).
9 October – Michael Dargan, cricketer (died 2023).
16 October –
Arms Trial
(died 2003).
28 October – Paddy Keaveney, Independent Fianna Fáil TD (died 1995).
14 November – Jimmy Gray, GAA sportsman (died 2023).
20 November – Ned Power, Waterford hurler (died 2007).
21 November –
Niall Toibin
, comedian and actor (died 2019).
23 December – Ouida Ramón-Moliner, anaesthetist (died 2020).^[2]
Full date unknown
- Camille Souter, English-born painter.
- Tim Sweeney, hurler (died 2018).

February – Jim Connell, political activist, writer of The Red Flag (born 1852).
6 March – Thomas Taggart, politician in the United States (born 1856; died in U.S.)
23 March –
1st Dáil representing South Mayo
(Pro Treaty).

1 May – Henry Jones Thaddeus, painter (born 1859; died on Isle of Wight).
28 May – Alice Stopford Green, nationalist, historian and journalist (born 1847).
5 July – Ted Sullivan, Major League Baseball player and manager (born 1851; died in U.S.)
12 July –
Seanad member (born 1849
).

11 August – Jer Doheny, Kilkenny hurler (born 1874).
10 October – Rose Mary Barton, watercolourist (born 1856).
19 October – Feardorcha Ó Conaill, Gaelic scholar (born 1876; died in traffic accident)
18 November – T. P. O'Connor, journalist and member of parliament (born 1848).
Full date unknown – Grace Rhys, novelist (born 1865; died in U.S.)