Events
- February 11 - In the Dáil a resolution is passed making it illegal for any citizen to secure a divorce with the right to re-marry in the State.
- March 10 - The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, James Craig, announces the impending dissolution of the parliament. He says the election will be fought on the Boundary Commission issue.
- March 16 - At a meeting of the Irish Boundary Commission in County Down witnesses from Newry and Kilkeel support being included in the Irish Free State.
- April 2 - The Dublin Metropolitan Police merges with the Civic Guard under a new Act. The new organisation will be known as An Garda Síochána.
- April 3 - The Dáil accepts the government's motion on the Shannon Power Scheme. Siemens-Schuchert will be the contractors.
- May 26 - The Shannon Electricity Bill is passed in Dáil Éireann. £5.2 million is needed to finance the scheme.
- July 1 - It is announced that Alexander Hull & Co., building contractors, are to re-build the General Post Office, Dublin at a cost of £50,000.
- July 9 - In Dublin, Oonagh Keogh becomes the first female member of a stock exchange in the world.
- August 5 - Annie Walsh becomes the last woman to be executed in Ireland; she had murdered her husband.
- December 3 - A settlement on the boundary question between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland is presented in London. Controversially, the commission recommends no change to the border.
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