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Events relating to ireland
Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty publishes The Informer
Irish dancer Ninette de Valois, recently with the Ballets Russes, opens a ballet school in London
Eamon de Valera's faction, Fianna Fáil (Warriors of Ireland), enters mainstream Irish life as a political party
Irish Free State president Kevin O'Higgins is murdered by members of the IRA on his way to mass
Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen publishes her first novel, The Hotel
De Valera and his party, the Fianna Fáil, finally take their seats in the Dáil
W.B. Yeats's new volume of poems, The Tower, includes 'Sailing to Byzantium'
The Irish National War Memorial opens in Dublin, designed by Edwin Lutyens in a garden setting
English composer John Ireland's Piano Concerto has its first performance
The Irish government classifies the Irish Republican Army as an illegal organization
US aviator Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland, to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Fianna Fáil wins enough seats in the Irish Free State's election for Eamon de Valera to form a government
De Valera withholds farmers' annuities from Britain, provoking British tariffs and a trade war
Fine Gael is the name given to a new political party in Ireland, formed by the merger of several smaller groups
De Valera introduces a new constitution, changing the name of the Irish Free State to Eire (Gaelic for Ireland)
De Valera's new constitution for Eire lays claim to the six counties of northern Ireland
Irish author Samuel Beckett publishes his first novel, Murphy
James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is published after 17 years in the making
Irish author Flann O'Brien publishes his first novel, At Swim-Two-Birds
De Valera declares that Eire will be neutral in any forthcoming European war
A German U-boat sinks the British aircraft carrier Courageous off the coast of Ireland
Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is rejected by numerous publishers before becoming, decades later, his best-known novel
Lord Craigavon (previously James Craig) dies in office after nineteen years as northern Ireland's prime minister
Basil Brooke begins an unbroken 20-year period in office as Unionist prime minister of northern Ireland
Eire is renamed the republic of Ireland and withdraws from the Commonwealth, severing the last link with the British crown
