See also: 1918 in Ireland, other events of 1919, 1920 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 21 - Dáil Éireann meets for the very first time in the Round Room of the Mansion House, Dublin. An independent Irish Republic is declared.
• February 3 - Eamon de Valera, the leader of Sinn Féin, and two other prisoners escape from Lincoln Prison in England.
• April 1 - Fifty-two members of Sinn Féin attend thes second meeting of Dáil Éireann. Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh is elected Ceann Comhairle and Eamon de Valera is elected Príomh-Aire .
• April 18 - 1,000 delegates from all over Ireland attend the Sinn Féin Árd-Fheis in Dublin. Eamon de Valera is elected President of the organisation.
• April 19 - Sinn Féin proposes an Executive Council of the Irish National Alliance to challenge the right of any foreign parliament to make laws for Ireland.
• May 13 - IRA volunteers, Dan Breen and Seán Treacy are injured while rescuing Seán Hogan from custody in County Limerick.
• June 14 - Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown arrive in Clifden, County Galway following their 1,900 mile transatlantiic flight.
• September 12 - Dáil Éireann is declared illegal. There are surprise raids on Sinn Féin centres and Ernest Blythe is arrested.
• November 9 - Labour leader James Larkin is arrested in New York. He is charged with circulating a publication advocating the forcible overthrow of the government.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• May 1 - Dan O'Herlihy, actor.

Deaths