1948 in Ireland
See also:
1947 in Ireland ,
other events of 1948 ,
1949 in Ireland and the
list of 'years in Ireland' .
Events
January 8 - The Council of State meets for the first time when President Douglas Hyde test the constitutionality of the Offences Against the State Bill.
January 15 - Gas rationing ends in Dublin for the first time since 1942 .
February 15 - At the Mansion House a plan is drawn up which will see John A. Costello elected Taoiseach .
February 18 - John A. Costello is elected the second Taoiseach of Ireland.
February 25 - The Minister for Health , Dr. Noel Browne , announces his emergency drive against tuberculosis .
February 27 - The government asks Aerlínte Éireann to postpone its inaugural tranatlantic service due to high costs.
March 7 - The Minister for External Affairs , Seán MacBride , recommends an economic or customs union between the two parts of Ireland .
March 11 - A fire at Shannon Airport destroys the control tower.
March 16 - Seán MacBride represents Ireland at the Marshall Aid conference in Paris .
April 4 - Captain EG Hitzen hands over a flag surrendered during the 1916 Easter Rising . He also discusses his capture of Eamon de Valera .
June 18 - A 36-foot shark is spotted off the coast of County Donegal .
September 7 - In Ottawa An Taoiseach John A. Costello announces the government intends to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with Britain .
September 13 - 500 people attend a 1798 Rebellion commemoration on the hills overlooking Belfast .
September 17 - The body of W.B. Yeats is re-buried at Drumcliffe, County Sligo .
September 22 - AN Taoiseach John A. Costello is presented with an honourary doctorate of law from Fordham University, New York .
October 17 - At the request of the British Prime Minister Clement Attlee , the Irish Minister for Finance , Seán MacBride , and the Minister for External Affairs , Patrick McGilligan , meet representatives from the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia and New Zealand to discuss the repeal of the External Relations Act.
November 17 - The Republic of Ireland Act, which involves the repeal of the External Relations Act, is introduced in Dáil Éireann .
November 21 - Tánaiste William Norton and the Lord Mayor of Dublin refuse to share a platform with Fianna Fáil deputy Seán MacEntee following controversial remarks he made about partition.
November 25 - The Rebuplic of Ireland Bill is passed in Dáil Éireann .
December 21 - President Ó Ceallaigh signs the Republic of Ireland Bill at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin . An Taoiseach , John A. Costello , and members of his government are also present.
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