1940 in Ireland
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See also: 1939 in Ireland, other events of 1940, 1941 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- February 2 - Munster mined and sunk in Irish Sea
- March 9 - Trawler Leulos sunk by gunfire from U-38, NW of Tory Island - 11 dead. (She moved between the surfacing U-boat and English trawlers, in the hope that the tricolour would protect her while the English escaped)
- March 10 - City of Bremen rescues crew of Amor (Dutch) in the North Sea - 33 saved
- March 29 - Fire destroys the roof and upper rooms of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
- June 19 - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies established.
- June 23 - Minister Frank Aiken encourages everyone to store food and water and to prepare a shelter in case of a direct hit.
- July 4 - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted the previous September will not be reversed.
- July 11 - Moyalla rescues survivors from Athellaird (British) off Cape Clear - 20 saved.
- July 15 - City of Limerick bombed by aircraft and sunk in Bay of Biscay - 2 dead.
- July 30 - Kyleclare rescues survivors from Clan Menzies (British) off Mayo coast - 52 saved.
- August 15 - Meath mined and sunk off the South Stack, Holy Island, Anglesey - crew rescued by a local trawler - 700 cattle lost
- August 27 - Lanahrone rescues survivors from Goathland (British) off Kerry coast - 18 saved
- October 3 - The German news agency announces that the German government is willing to pay compensation for dropping bombs on Dublin.
- November 7 - Éamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by British forces while they retain control of Northern Ireland.
- November 24 - James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.
- December 21 - Innisfallen - while leaving Liverpool she hit a mine off Wirral shore near New Brighton and sank - four died.
- December 27 - Dr. John Charles McQuaid is consecrated as Archbishop of Dublin.
Sports
Births
- May 15 - Prionsias de Rossa, former leader of the Workers' Party & Democratic Left. He is a former Cabinet Minister and an MEP.
- October 19 - Michael Gambon, actor.
- November 17 - Luke Kelly, folk singer.
