1930 in Ireland

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Events

15 January – Ireland's new Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Robertson, presents his credentials to the Governor-General at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park.
February – Censorship of Publications Board, established under the Censorship of Publications Act 1929, begins to function.
The government dissolves Mayo County Council and replaces it with a Commissioner following its refusal to accept the nomination of Letitia Dunbar-Harrison for the post of county librarian by the Local Appointments Commission on the grounds that her knowledge of the Irish language is considered inadequate.^[1]^[2]^[3]

1 July – George Shiels' play The New Gossoon is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
28 August – A painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, found in an Irish cottage, is authenticated.
Samuel Beckett's first separately issued work, the poem Whoroscope, is published by Nancy Cunard's Hours Press in France.^[4]
George Moore publishes Aphrodite in Aulis and A Flood.
'Æ' (George William Russell) publishes Enchantment, and Other Poems.^[4]

Winners: Bohemians

Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 – 0 Brideville

4 January – Tras Honan, Fianna Fáil politician, twice Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
7 January – Justin Keating, senior Irish Labour Party politician, Teachta Dála, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament and member of Seanad Éireann
12 January – Jennifer Johnston, novelist and playwright
22 February – David Cremin, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
March – Fergus O'Brien, Fine Gael TD and Minister of State
1 April – Frank Cluskey, leader of the Irish Labour Party (died 1989)
12 April – Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, peer and public servant (died 2003)
26 April – Jack Fitzsimons, architect, member of Seanad Éireann and campaigner (died 2014)
10 May – William McDermott, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavélica, Peru
28 June – William C. Campbell, parasitologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

19 August – Frank McCourt, teacher and writer
29 August – Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Gaelic games commentator for Radio Telifís Éireann
30 August – Kieran Crotty, former Fine Gael TD
26 September – Joe Sherlock, Labour Party TD (died 2007)
1 October – Richard Harris, actor (died 2002)
5 October - Sean Potts, tin whistle player, formerly with The Chieftains
11 October – Joan O'Hara, actress (died 2007)
23 October – Thomas Flanagan, retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio
4 November – Gerald Duffy, cricketer
17 November – Brian Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister, senator and presidential candidate (died 1995)
15 December – Edna O'Brien, novelist and short story writer

Edward Delaney, sculptor
Frank Durkan, lawyer in the United States (died 2006)
Maeve Kelly, writer
Seán Ó Coisdealbha, poet, playwright and actor (died 2006)
Bertie Troy, priest, hurler and All-Ireland winning manager with Cork (died 2007)

29 September – Bryan Mahon, British Army general, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and Senator (born 1862)
1 October – James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864)
31 October – Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, Nationalist politician, barrister and philanthropist (born 1850)
30 November – Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, labor and community organizer, member of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Socialist in America (born 1830)

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