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''See also:''
1927 in Ireland,
other events of 1928,
1929 in Ireland and the
list of years in Ireland.
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Contents

Events

Arts and literature

Sports

Football

Gaelic Games

Olympics

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 29 - In Belfast, members of the nationalist opposition protest at the Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish Proportional representation.

★ January 31 - The outgoing Governor-General, T. M. Healy leaves the Vice-Regal Lodge. His successor is James McNeill.

★ February 25 - William O'Brien, former activist in the Home Rule and land campaigns, dies in London aged 75.

★ April 12 - The first east-west transatlantic flight leaves Baldonnel Aerodrome in Dublin. Commandant James Fitzmaurice is on board the ''Bremen''.

★ April 30 - Cheering crowds in New York greet the crew of the ''Bremen'' after it made the first east-west transatlantic journey.

★ May 19 - The foundation stone of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at Stormont.

★ May 29 - It is suggested that the old Irish flag - that of a gold harp with a blue background - should be carried at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. However, the Irish tricolour has already been registered as the national flag.

★ June 14 - Amendments to the Court of Justice bill state that certain judges cannot be appointed if they do not have a competent knowledge of the Irish language.

★ July 30 - The Irish Tricolour is raised for the first time at the Olympic Games when Dr. Pat O'Callaghan wins a gold medal for hammer throwing.

★ August 27 - Fifteen countries, including the Ireland, sign the Kellog Peace Pact in Paris. The Irish Tricolour flies at the Quai d'Orsay amongst the flags of 50 other nations.

★ August 30 - The United States Secretary of State, Frank Kellogg, visits Dublin on his return journey from the Paris Peace Convention. He is granted the freedom of Dublin.

★ September 10 - The Saorstát Pound ('Free State Pound') becomes a reality as the first Irish banknotes circulates for over a century.

★ December 12 - The first Irish coinage is circulated in the state making complete the introduction of banknotes and coinage of the Irish Free State.

★ Irish becomes a compulsory subject for the Intermediate Certificate.

★ John McCormack is appointed a Papal Count for his services to music.

Arts and literature

William butler Yeats wrote the tower

Sports

Football

★ 'League of Ireland'
::'Winners:' Bohemians

★ 'FAI Cup'
::'Winners:' Bohemians 2 - 1 Drumcondra

Gaelic Games

★ The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kildare (football).

Olympics

★ The first Irish team attends the Olympic Games.

Births

★ 24 May - William Trevor, novelist and playwright.

★ 21 July - John B. Keane, playwright, novelist and essayist (d.2002).

★ 10 August - Peter Barry, former Fine Gael TD, Tánaiste and Cabinet Minister.

★ September - Maura Murphy, writer (d.2005).

★ 6 October - Maeve Kyle, Olympian and hockey player and coach.

★ 22 October - Dominic Behan, songwriter, novelist and playwright (d.1989).

★ 19 November - Paddy Power, former Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Kildare and Cabinet Minister.

★ Denis Donoghue, literary critic.

Deaths

★ 25 February - William O'Brien, nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher and author (b.1852).

★ 6 August - W. H. Grattan Flood, musicologist and historian (b.1857).

★ 6 October - Pádraic Ó Conaire, journalist and writer (b.1882).

★ 25 November - J. J. Clancy, Member of Parliament, barrister and journalist (b.1847).

★ F Elrington Ball, author and legal historian (b.1863).