Arts and Literature
- Myles na gCopaleen's parodic novel An Béal Bocht is published.
- Louis MacNeice's poetry Plant and Phantom is published.
- Kate O'Brien's novel The Land of Spices is published; it is prohibited in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board.
- English poet John Betjeman becomes British press attaché in Dublin, living in Clondalkin.
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