1930 in Ireland

← 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1930 in Ireland → 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
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See also:	1930 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1930 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1930 in Ireland.

Events

• 15 January – Ireland's new Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Robertson, presents his credentials to the Governor-General at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park.
• February – Censorship of Publications Board, established under the Censorship of Publications Act 1929, begins to function.
• The government dissolves Mayo County Council and replaces it with a Commissioner following its refusal to accept the nomination of Letitia Dunbar-Harrison for the post of county librarian by the Local Appointments Commission on the grounds that her knowledge of the Irish language is considered inadequate.

Arts and literature

• 1 July – George Shiels' play The New Gossoon is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
• 28 August – A painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, found in an Irish cottage, is authenticated.
• Samuel Beckett's first separately issued work, the poem Whoroscope, is published by Nancy Cunard's Hours Press in France.
• George Moore publishes Aphrodite in Aulis and A Flood.
• 'Æ' (George William Russell) publishes Enchantment, and Other Poems.

Sport

Football

• League of Ireland

Winners: Bohemians

• FAI Cup

Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 – 0 Brideville

Golf

• Irish Open is won by Charles Whitcombe (England).

Births

January to June

• 4 January – Tras Honan, Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
• 7 January – Justin Keating, senior Irish Labour Party politician, Teachta Dála, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament and member of Seanad Éireann
• 12 January – Jennifer Johnston, novelist and playwright
• 22 February – David Cremin, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
• March – Fergus O'Brien, Fine Gael TD and Minister of State
• 1 April – Frank Cluskey, leader of the Irish Labour Party (died 1989)
• 12 April – Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, peer and public servant (died 2003)
• 26 April – Jack Fitzsimons, architect, member of Seanad Éireann and campaigner (died 2014)
• 10 May – William McDermott, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavélica, Peru
• 28 June – William C. Campbell, parasitologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

July to December

• 19 August – Frank McCourt, teacher and writer
• 29 August – Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Gaelic games commentator for Radio Telifís Éireann
• 30 August – Kieran Crotty, former Fine Gael TD
• 26 September – Joe Sherlock, Labour Party TD (died 2007)
• 1 October – Richard Harris, actor (died 2002)
• 5 October - Sean Potts, tin whistle player, formerly with The Chieftains
• 11 October – Joan O'Hara, actress (died 2007)
• 23 October – Thomas Flanagan, retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio
• 4 November – Gerald Duffy, cricketer
• 17 November – Brian Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister, senator and presidential candidate (died 1995)
• 15 December – Edna O'Brien, novelist and short story writer

Full date unknown

• Edward Delaney, sculptor
• Frank Durkan, lawyer in the United States (died 2006)
• Maeve Kelly, writer
• Seán Ó Coisdealbha, poet, playwright and actor (died 2006)
• Bertie Troy, priest, hurler and All-Ireland winning manager with Cork (died 2007)

Deaths

• 29 September – Bryan Mahon, British Army general, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and Senator (born 1862)
• 1 October – James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864)
• 31 October – Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, Nationalist politician, barrister and philanthropist (born 1850)
• 30 November – Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, labor and community organizer, member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Socialist in America (born 1830)

Full date unknown

• Dick Fitzgerald, Kerry Gaelic footballer (born 1884)