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1923 in Ireland

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1923
in
Ireland
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See also:1923 in Northern Ireland
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Events from the year 1923 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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April

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  • 1 April – The Provisional Government established customs posts on the border with Northern Ireland.[1]
  • 11 April – Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, was wounded and captured by the Free State's National Army in the Knockmealdown Mountains.[2] His subsequent death in Clonmel was also announced by the army.
  • 14 April – Austin Stack was captured by National Army troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains.
  • 30 April – Thousands turned up to greet Jim Larkin as he returned to Ireland after a nine-year absence in the United States.

May

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July

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  • 20 July – Éamon de Valera appealed to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the forthcoming general election.

August

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September

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October

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  • 13 October–23 November – 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes: IRA prisoners in Irish gaols staged a hunger strike; two died.[2]
  • 15 October – The Mallow Viaduct over the River Blackwater was officially re-opened by President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave.

November

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Arts and literature

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Sports

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Association football

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Boxing

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  • World light heavyweight championship
    Winners: Mike McTigue defeated Battling Siki for the title on St Patrick's Day, 1923, at La Scala Theatre, Dublin.[7]

Gaelic Games

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Moore, Cormac (21 June 2016). "A customs border between North and South? What we can learn from Ireland in 1923". TheJournal.ie. Dublin. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cottrell, Peter (2009). The War for Ireland, 1913–1923. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-9966.
  3. ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  4. ^ "The Civil War". rootsireland.ie. roots ireland. Retrieved 29 August 2021. Joe Whitty aged 19 who died on hunger-strike.
  5. ^ "Nobel Prize in Literature 1923". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  6. ^ The church published a booklet entitled The Menace of the Irish Race to Our Scottish Nationality. Goring, Rosemary, ed. (2014). Scotland: the autobiography (New ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 308–11. ISBN 978-0-241-96916-8.
  7. ^ "Mike McTigue". BoxRec. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers". 6 May 2014.