1941 in Ireland
overview of Ireland-related events during the year of 1941
Events from the year 1941 in Ireland.
Incumbents
President: Douglas Hyde
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF)
Tánaiste: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
Minister for Finance: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
Chief Justice: Timothy Sullivan
Dáil: 10th
Seanad: 3rd
Events
January
2 January – Three Carlow women were killed in a night of German bombing in parts of Leinster.
3 January – Further German bombing of Dublin.
13 January – The novelist and poet James Joyce died in Zürich.
24 January – Part of the old State Chambers in Dublin Castle were destroyed by fire.
February
20 February – The emergency Scientific Research Bureau was set up to seek alternatives to raw materials in short supply.
21 February – The first flight by a British Royal Air Force (RAF) flying boat took place through the "Donegal Corridor", Irish airspace between its base in Northern Ireland and the Atlantic Ocean, a concession secretly agreed by Éamon de Valera.
March
6 March – 3,800 animals were slaughtered after the 50th case of foot-and-mouth disease was announced.
20 March – Bread rationing was introduced.
21 March – The Glencullen (Capt.
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