Events
- January 15 - The last internee at Kilmainham Gaol, Ernie O'Malley, is transferred to St. Bricin's Military Hospital.
- March 7–18 - Army Mutiny over demobilisation within the National Army, led by Liam Tobin's Irish Republican Army Organisation. The outcome affirms subservience of the military to the civilian government.
- April 20 - Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
- April 24 - No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
- May 6 - James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.
- May 30 - A new licensing Bill is introduced by the Minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins. Bars are allowed open between 9am and 10pm and the sale of alcohol is limited to those over the age of 18.
- July 3 - The Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that the teaching of Irish is to be made compulsory in all schools.
- August 18 - Ireland's first rodeo opens at Croke Park.
- October 1 - Defence Forces established, incorporating the National Army.
- October 24 - Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland.
- November 7 - The President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave, announces an amnesty for criminal acts committed during the Civil War in connection with the attempt to overthrow the lawfully established government.
- undated - Dublin Corporation officially renames Sackville Street to O'Connell Street.
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