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The Irish calendar does not observe the typical astronomical seasons (beginning, in the Northern Hemisphere, on the equinoxes and solstices), or the meteorological seasons (beginning on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1), but rather centres the seasons around the solstices and equinoxes (so that, for instance, midsummer falls on the summer solstice), beginning the seasons at the approximate halfway points between solstice and equinox, following the seasons of the ancient Celts (see below) which are pre-Christian in origin. This Celtic origin is particularly evident in the Irish naming of many of the months: some names, like May (Bealtaine), August (Lughnasadh/Lúnasa) and November (Samhain) were the names of pagan Celtic festivals. In addition, the names for September and October (Meán Fómhair and Deireadh Fómhair respectively) translate directly as "middle of autumn" and "end of autumn". Christianity has also left its mark on the Irish months: December is Nollaig, a word also meaning Christmastide.

Seasons

Winter - An Geimhreadh

Spring - An tEarrach (February, March and April)

February - Feabhra

February 1 - Imbolc, Feast of St Brigid (Secondary Patron of Ireland) and Lá Feabhra, the first day of Spring
- 1943 - establishment of the Central Bank of Ireland
February 2 - Candlemas, more commonly, in Ireland, called the Presentation of the Lord
- 1882: birth of James Joyce
- 1995: Mary Robinson addresses joint session of Houses of the Oireachtas
- 2000 death of Francis Stuart, writer
February 3 - feast of Saint Blaise
- 1729 Foundation stone laid of the new Irish Houses of Parliament in College Green
- 1927 - birth of Val Doonican, entertainer and singer
February 4 - 1948: Irish general election for the 13th Dáil
February 5 - 1921 death of Katherine Parnell (Kitty O'Shea), widow of Charles Stewart Parnell
February 6 - Feast of St. Mel, patron of the Diocese of Ardagh
- 1971 - first British soldier killed in Belfast during The Troubles
- 1997 - Dáil resolution passed setting up the McCracken Tribunal into alleged payments by Dunnes Stores
February 8 - 1933: First meeting of the 8th Dáil
February 9 - 1926 birth of Garret FitzGerald, future Taoiseach
February 13 - 1893: Gladstone introduces second Home Rule bill
February 14 - St. Valentine's Day (relics of St. Valentine held in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin.
- 1468 - 8th earl of Desmond beheaded in Drogheda
- 1981 - Stardust Disaster in Artane, Dublin kills 48.
February 15 - 1971: Decimal Day- Ireland abandons £sd.
February 16 - 1932: Irish general election for the 7th Dáil
February 17 - 1987: Irish general election for the 25th Dáil
February 18 - 1948 First meeting of the 13th Dáil
- 1948: John A. Costello becomes Taoiseach
- 1981 - Dáil resolution passed setting up Tribunal /Public Inquiry into the Stardust Disaster
- 1982 - Irish general election for the 23rd Dáil
February 19 - 1366: Statutes of Kilkenny promulgated
February 24 - 1582: Bull of Pope Gregory XIII, for reform of calendar, issued at Rome
February 25 - 1949: Noel Browne announces emergency drive to eliminate tuberculosis
February 28 - 1965 state funeral begins (with reinterment on March 1) of Roger Casement who was executed in 1916
February 28 - 1973: Irish general election for the 20th Dáil
- 1998 death of Dermot Morgan, actor, comedian and star of Father Ted

March - Márta

March 1 - 1981: Bobby Sands begins hunger strike in HM Prison Maze
March 3 - Charter of Trinity College, Dublin granted.
- 1979 - Dái resolution passed setting up a tribunal or Public Inquiry into the disaster at Whiddy Island, also known as the Betelgeuse incident
March 4 - 1986 death of Edward McLysaght, former Chief Herald of Ireland
March 5 - Feast of St. Kieran, patron of the Diocese of Ossory
- 1957 - Irish general election for the 16th Dáil
March 6 - 1152: Synod of Kells convenes.
March 7 - 1848: first unveiling of the Irish tricolour (in Waterford).
- 1965 - following the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council, Mass in Ireland is read for the first time in the English and Irish languages
March 8 - 1966: Nelson's Pillar destroyed in explosion
March 9 - 1932: First meeting of the 7th Dáil
- 1932 - Éamon de Valera elected President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
- 1982 - First meeting of the 23rd Dáil
March 10 - 1894: Ireland wins Rugby Triple Crown for first time
- 1968 sudden death of Minister for Education, Donagh O'Malley
- 1987 - First meeting of the 25th Dáil
March 11 - 1987: Dr. Garret FitzGerald resigns as leader of Fine Gael. Succeeded by Alan Dukes
March 13 - 1979: Ireland joins new European Monetary System (EMS)
March 14 - 1973: First meeting of the 20th Dáil
- 1991 - Birmingham Six freed
March 17 - Saint Patrick's Day (public holiday), and for Irish Roman Catholics, a Holy Day of Obligation
- 1799 and 1940 - Palm Sunday and St. Patrick's Day fall on same date - "the palm and the shamrock worn together".
March 18 - 1899: Ireland wins Rugby Triple Crown for 2nd time
- 1986 - Honorary Irish citizenship conferred on Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
March 20 - 1920 assassination by the British of Thomas McCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork
- 1957: first meeting of the 16th Dáil
- 1964 - death of Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright
March 21 - 1978 death of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh former President of Ireland
March 22 - 1987 Launch of Irish National Lottery
March 23 - 1971: Brian Faulkner elected PM of Northern Ireland
March 24 - Feast of Saint Macartan, patron of the Diocese of Clogher
- 1909: death of John Millington Synge
- 1972: Brian Faulkner resigns as PM of Northern Ireland
- William Whitelaw appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
March 25 - One of the four Irish Quarter days
March 26 - 1931 death of Timothy Michael Healy, first Governor-General of the Irish Free State
- 1932 death of Sir Horace Plunkett
March 28 - 1985 Gaisce, (The President's Awards]], created
- 2002 - Dáil resolution passed setting up the Morris Tribunal to investigate complaints against some Gardaí in the Donegal Division
March 29 - 1859: first issue of The Irish Times
- 2004: Smoking ban in all work places introduced in Ireland
March 30 - 1979: Ireland announces ending of one-for-one parity with sterling.
March 31 - 1931 death of Lord Glenavy, (Sir James Henry Mussen Campbell), lawyer, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1918-1921, Cathaoirleach of the 1922 Seanad and of the 1925 Seanad
- 1976: The "Sallins Train Robbery"

The last days of March and the first three days of April are known as The Old Cows Days/The Days of the Brindled Cow or, in the Irish language, Laethanta na Riabhaí.

April - Aibreán

April 1 - April Fool's Day - Lá na nAmadáin
- 1922 - executive powers transferred from UK Government to Irish Provisional Government, thereby achieving executive independence for the 26 counties
- 1943 - creation of the Office of Chief Herald of Ireland to replace Ulster King of Arms approved by Government of Ireland
- 1966 - death of Brian O'Nolan aka Flann O'Brien and Myles na Gopaleen, writer and satirist
April - 1914: Cumann na mBan founded
April 4 - 1900 Queen Victoria begins her last visit to Ireland
- 1774: death of Oliver Goldsmith
April 6 - 1926 birth of Ian Paisley, current leader of Democratic Unionist Party
April 7 - 1720 - Passing of the Declaratory Act 1720
April 8 - Gladstone introduces first Home Rule bill.
April 10 - 1966: Commemoration of 50th anniversary of Easter Rising begins
- 1998, Good Friday Agreement, signed in Belfast.
April 11 - 1912 - RMS Titanic leaves Cobh, County Cork on ill-fated maiden voyage
- 1951: Dr Noel Browne, resigns as Minister for Health over Mother and Child Scheme controversy
- 1966 - opening of the Garden of Remembrance (Dublin)
- 1971 - Gaelic Athletic Association lifts ban on the playing of "foreign games"
April 13 - 1742: world premiere of Handel's Messiah in Dublin
- 1829 - Catholic Emancipation achieved
- 1906: birth of Samuel Beckett, Good Friday
- 1992: celebrations to mark 250th anniversary of world premiere in Dublin of Handel's Messiah
April 14 - 1983 inaugural meeting od Aosdána in The Old Parliament House, Dublin
April 15 -1941 beginning of the Belfast Blitz
April 16 - 1871: birth of John Millington Synge
- 2006 - Easter Sunday, commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising
April 17 - 1783: British Renunciation Act recognises Irish legislative independence
- 1965 - Irish general election, 1965 for the 18th Dáil
- 1969 - election of Bernadette Devlin to the British House of Commons
- 2002 - Dáil resolution passed setting up the Barr Tribunal to investigate the fatal shooting of John Carthy
April 18 - Feast of Saint Laserian, patron of Leighlin Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
- 1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
April 19 - 1875: Charles Stewart Parnell elected MP for Meath
April 20 - 1912: death of Bram Stoker
- 1954 - Michael Manning becomes the last person to be executed in Irelandin Mountjoy Prison
- 1981 - Bobby Sands elected Sinn Féin MP, while on hunger strike
April 21 - 1916: Roger Casement lands at Banna Strand
- 1965 - First meeting of the 18th Dáil
April 22 - 1996 death of Molly Keane, novelist and playwright
April 23 - 1014: Battle of Clontarf and death of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland on Good Friday
- 1831 - Creation of the Diocese of Galway
April 24 - 1916: Start of the Easter Rising and the reading of The Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
April 25 - 1882: Kilmainham Treaty signed by Charles Stewart Parnell and British Government
- 1992 - death of Dublin-born Francis Bacon (painter)
April 26 - 1916 - Martial law declared in Dublin bey the British as a consequence of the Easter Rising
- 1950 death of The McGillycuddy of the Reeks, one of the Chiefs of the Name and a former member of the Seanad
- 1990: Irish Labour Party selects Mary Robinson as presidential candidate
April 27 - 1653: The last major body of Irish Catholic troops under Phillip O'Reilly surrender to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland at Cloughoughter in Cavan. End of the Irish Confederate Wars (begun 1641).
- 1953 death of Maud Gonne
April 28 - 1958: Aer Lingus service to North America inaugurated
- 1969 - Terence O'Neill resigns as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
April 29 - 1916: Easter Rising ends with surrender
April 30 - 1994: First performance of Riverdance at Eurovision Song Contest

Summer - An Samhradh (May, June and July)

May - Bealtaine

The first Monday in May is a public holiday.

May 1 - Beltane and Lá Bealtaine, the first day of Summer
- 1316 - Edward Bruce crowned King of Ireland near Dundalk
- 1943 - Sir Basil Brooke, becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- 1969 - Major James Chichester-Clark becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- 1980 - Derrynaflan Chalice found in Tipperary bog
- 2004 - Ireland, holder of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, hosts a Day of Welcomes for the ten accession states.
May 2 - 1872: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin becomes the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland
- 1984 - Report of the New Ireland Forum published
- 1969 - James Chichester-Clark becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
May 3 - Feast of Saint Conleth, patron of Kildare Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
- 1785: first meeting of the Royal Irish Academy
- 1916 - executions of the leaders of the Easter Rising by the British begin - Pádraig Pearse, Tomás MacDonagh and Thomas J. Clarke
- 1933 - Oath of Allegiance (Ireland) to King abolished in Irish Free State
May 4 - Leaders of the Easter Rising, Joseph Plunkett, Michael O'Hanrahan, Edward Daly and Willie Pearse executed
May 5 - 1916 - Easter Rising leader John McBride executed by the British
- 1949: Ireland one of ten founder members of Council of Europe with HQ is Strasbourg
- 1981 - death of Bobby Sands MP while on hunger strike
May 6 - 1074: death of Dúnán, first bishop of Dublin
- 1882 - the Phoenix Park Murders carried ot in Dublin
- 1970: the Arms Crisis - Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney dismissed from Government of Ireland
May 7 - 1915: Lusitania sunk off Old Head of Kinsale
- 1931 - An Óige (Irish Youth Hostel Association) founded
- 1969 - tax exemptions for artists announced by Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance
- 1992 - Bishop Eamon Casey of Galway resigns after newspapers reveal he is the father of a teenage son
May 8 - 1916 Easter Rising leaders Eamon Ceannt, Con Colbert, Michael Mallin and Seán Heuston executed by the British
May 10 - 1972, Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (EU membership)
May 11 - 1967: Ireland applies to join European Economic Community
- 1971 - death of Seán Lemass, former Taoiseach
May 12 - 1916 execution of Easter Rising leaders Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly by the British
May 13 - 653 (Pentecost Sunday): Monastery founded on Iona by Saint Columcille
May 14 - Feast of Saint Mochuda (Carthage), patron of Lismore Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
- 1660 - Following restoration of monarchy in England, Charles II proclaimed King of Ireland in Dublin.
May 15 - 1847: death of Daniel O'Connell at Genoa
- 1971 death of Sir Tyrone Guthrie
May 16 - Feast of Saint Brendan, patron of the Diocese of Clonfert
- 1945 - Éamon de Valera and Churchill clash on radio over Ireland's wartime neutrality
- 1926 - Fianna Fáil party founded
May 17 - 2002 - Irish general election for the 29th Dáil
May 18 - 1939 - the Earl of Iveagh presents his Dublin townhouse, Iveagh House to the people of Ireland - it becomes the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs
- May 18 2006 -Death of Michael O'Riordan. Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland and fighter in the Spanish Anti-Fascist fighter in 1936-1939 War.
- 1954 - Irish general election for the 15th Dáil
May 19 - 1870: Home Rule movement founded by Isaac Butt in Dublin.
May 21 - 1799: Bill of Union (later the Act of Union) introduced in Irish House of Commons
- May 22 - 1932 death of Augusta, Lady Gregory
- 1998: Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, the Amsterdam Treaty.
- 1998 -Referendums held in both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to ratify the Good Friday Agreement, (the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland)
May 24 - 1487: Lambert Simnel crowned "Edward VI of England" in Dublin.
- 1798 - Irish Rebellion of 1798 begins
- 1921 - Irish general election for the Second Dáil
- 1923: End of the Irish Civil War. Frank Aiken issues a general order to the anti-treaty forces to "dump arms".
May 25 - 1914: Third Home Rule bill passed by British Parliament
- 1995 - Last editions of the Irish Press and Evening Press newspapers
May 26 - 1972: Special Criminal Court established in RoI
- 1987 - Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland- the Single European Act
- 1994 - Jack Charlton made a Freeman of Dublin City]]
May 30 - death of Michael Davitt land reform camoaigner
- 1941: Enactment of Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
- 1944 - Irish general election for the 12th Dáil
- 1951 - Irish general election for the 14th Dáil
- 1983 - first meeting in Dublin Castle of the New Ireland Forum
- 1986 - official opening of Knock Airport
May 31 - 1911: RMS Titanic launched in Belfast
- 1941: Luftwaffe bombs Dublin
- 1970 - death of Arkle, winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup on three consecutive occasions
- 1995 - The Prince of Wales pays first official visit to Dublin

June - Meitheamh

The first Monday in June is a public holiday.

June 2 - 1954 - First meeting of the 15th Dáil
- 1990 - death of Terence O'Neill former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
June 3 - Feast of St. Kevin (Abbot of Glendalough) and patron of the Archdiocese of Dublin,
June 4 - 1798: death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
- 1984 - [[President of the United States Ronald Reagan addresses joint session of Houses of the Oireachtas in Dublin
June 5 - 1798: Battle of New Ross
June 6 - Feast of St. Jarlath patron of the Archdiocese of Tuam
- 1997 - Irish general election for the 28th Dáil
- 2002 - First meeting of the 29th Dáil
June 7 - 1921: first meeting of House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- 1979 - Ireland participates in the first direct elections to the European Parliament
- 2001 - Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (abolition of the death penalty)
- 2001 - Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (International Criminal Court)
June 8 - First Home Rule bill defeated
June 9 - Feast of Saint Columcille (Secondary Patron of Ireland)
- 1549 - Book of Common Prayer ordered to be used in Ireland
- 1927 - Irish general election for the 5th Dáil
- 1944 - First meeting of the 12th Dáil
June 11 - 1999: Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Local Government)
- 2004: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (citizenship)
June 10 - 1642: first regularly constituted presbytery meets in Carrickfergus.
- 2000 death of Frank Patterson, tenor
June 11 - 1981: Irish general election for the 22nd Dáil
June 12 - 1997: Mary Robinson appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
June 13 - 1713: Jonathan Swift installed as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
- 1865: birth of William Butler Yeats
- 1951 - First meeting of the 14th Dáil
June 14 - 1939: First of the Offences against the State Acts 1939-1998 passed
- 1884 - Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (voting rights)
June 15 - 1919 first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight by Alcock and Brown lands near Clifden, Connemara
1989 - Irish general election for the 26th Dáil
June 16 - Bloomsday
June 16 - 1922: Elections held for Third Dáil
- 1977 - Irish general election for the 21st Dáil
June 17 - 1938 - Irish general election for the 10th Dáil
June 18 - 1541: Henry VIII declared King of Ireland by Irish Parliament.
- 1969 - Irish general election for the 19th Dáil
- 1992: Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (the Maastricht Treaty)
June 19 - 1940 establishment o the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
June 20 - 1763: birth of Wolfe Tone
- 1990 - IR£1 punt coin replaces one-punt note
June 21 - 1798: 15,000 British troops disperse rebel army at Battle of Vinegar Hill and Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, during 1798 Rebellion
June 22 - 1866: creation of first Irish Cardinal, Paul Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin.
- 1932 opening of the 31st Eucharistic Congress in Dublin
June 23 - St. John's Eve / Bonfire Night / Lá Fhéile Eoin
- 1927 - First meeting of the 5th Dáil
- 1929 end of celebrations marking centenary of Catholic Emancipation
- 1943 - Irish general election for the 11th Dáil
- 1998 death of Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
June 24 - One of the four Irish Quarter days
- 1828 - Daniel O'Connell elected MP in Clare by-election
June 25 - 1731: Royal Dublin Society founded.
- 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell marries Kitty O'Shea
- 1938 - Douglas Hyde inaugurated as President of Ireland
- 1945 - Seán T. O'Kelly inaugurated as President of Ireland
- 1952 - Seán T. O'Kelly inaugurated for second term as President of Ireland.
- 1959 - Éamon de Valera inaugurated as President of Ireland.
- 1966 - Éamon de Valera inaugurated for second term as President of Ireland.
- 1970 - Roman Catholic bishops announce end of ban on RC attendance at Trinity College, Dublin
- 1973 - Erskine Hamilton Childers inaugurated as President of Ireland.
June 26 - 1963: John F. Kennedy begins state visit to Ireland
- 1996 - Journalist Veronica Guerin murdered in Dublin
- 1997 - First meeting of the 28th Dáil
June 27 - 1939 death of Tom Crean, Arctic explorer
June 28 - 1922: Irish Civil War begins when Michael Collins bombards the Four Courts in Dublin
- 1963 - President John F. Kennedy addresses joint session of Houses of the Oireachtas in Dublin
June 29 - 1315: Edward Bruce inaugurated as High King of Ireland
- 1989 - First meeting of the 26th Dáil
June 30 - 1938: First meeting of the 10th Dáil
- 1981 - First meeting of the 22nd Dáil

July - Iúil

July 1 - 1937: Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann), enacted by plebiscite.
- 1937 - Irish general election for the 9th Dáil
- 1943: First meeting of the 11th Dáil
- 2006 - Commemoration in Dublin of the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
- 1979 - Ireland assumes second Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- 1984 - Ireland assumes third Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- 1996 - Ireland assumes fifth Presidency of the Council of the European Union (see Jan. 1)
July 2 - 1939: First meeting of the 19th Dáil
- 1990 - Nelson Mandela addresses joint session of the Oireachtas
- 2000 - death of Joey Dunlop, motorcycle racer
July 5 - 1977: First meeting of the 21st Dáil
- 1979 - Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Adoption)
- 1979 - Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Seanad reform)
July 6 - 1907: theft of Irish Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle discovered
- 1962: - first transmission of The Late Late Show on RTÉ
July 8 - 689: Martyrdom of St Kilian at Würzburg
- 1911 - King George V opens the College of Science, now Government Buildings in Dublin
July 10 - 1927: assassination of Kevin O'Higgins Minister for Justice
- 2000 - death of Denis O'Conor Don, aged 88 - succeeded by his son, Desmond as The O'Conor Don and one of the Chiefs of the Name
July 11 - Feast of St Oliver Plunkett
- 1921: Truce signed in the Irish War of Independence
- 1929 restored General Post Office, Dublin, opened by President W. T. Cosgrave
- National Day of Commemoration held on the nearest Sunday to July 11.
July 12 - a public holiday in Northern Ireland
- 1690: Battle of the Boyne
- 1691: Battle of Aughrim
- 1949: death of Douglas Hyde
July 15 - 1927 death of Countess Markievicz
- 1948: An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, set up
July 17 - 1935 death of George William Russell, AE
July 18 - 1872 introduction of the secret ballot
- 1951 - Abbey Theatre destroyed by fire
- 1966 - reopening of new Abbey Theatre
- 1988 - Nelson Mandela awarded Freedom of Dublin
July 21 - 1937: First meeting of the 9th Dáil
- 1976: assassination of Christopher Ewart-Biggs British ambassador to Ireland
July 22 - 1902 death of Archbishop Thomas Croke, first pPatron of the Gaelic Athletic Association
- 1929 opening of the Ardnacrusha hydro-electric station
July 23 - 1693: death of Patrick Sarsfield, at Battle of Landen
- 1803 - start of rebellion led by Robert Emmet
July 24 - Feast of Saint Declan
- 1943 - Edward McLysaght appointed first Chief Herald of Ireland (see April 1)
July 26 - 1856: birth of George Bernard Shaw
- 1869 - Act disestablishing the Church of Ireland passed
- 1987 - Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
- 1994 - The Irish Minister for Education, Niamh Bhreathnach, announces the introduction of free third-level (University etc) education.
July 27 - 1782 - Poyning's Law amended
July 31 - 1917: death of Francis Ledwidge
Garland Sunday (last Sunday of month)

Autumn - An Fómhar (August, September and October)

August - Lúnasa

The first Monday in August is a public holiday.

August 1 - Lughnasadh/Lá Lúnasa, the first day of Autumn
- 1908 - Irish Universities Act setting up the National University of Ireland passed
- 1915 Padraig Pearse delivers oration at grave of O'Donovan Rossa
August 2 - 1799: pre-union Irish Parliament meets for last time
- 1907 - Ne temere decree on mixed marriages issued by Vatican
August 3 - 1916: execution of Sir Roger Casement at Pentonville Prison for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
August 5 - 1847: funeral in Dublin of Daniel O'Connell
- 1956 - death of John Miller Andrews, second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
August 8 - 1923: Act to establish Garda Síochána passed
August 9 - Feast of Saint Felim and Saint Nathy
August 10 - 1636: compilation of the Annals of the Four Masters completed.
August 11 - 1927: Fianna Fáil TDs take seats in Dáil Éireann
August 12 - 1922: death of Arthur Griffith
August 14 - 1903: Wyndham Irish Land Acts passed
- 1958 - KLM Flight 607-E crashes off Irish coast
August 15 - Feast of The Assumption of Mary
- for Irish Roman Catholics, a Holy Day of Obligation
- 1649: Oliver Cromwell arrives in Dublin and begin the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
- 1965 - Galway Cathedral consecrated by Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston and Papal Legate.
- 1998: Omagh bombing occurs in Northern Ireland
August 16 - 1921: First meeting of Second Dáil
- 1982 - GUBU
August 19 - 1504: Battle of Knockdoe
- 1887: birth of Francis Ledwidge
August 21 - 1970: Social Democratic and Labour Party-SDLP founded
August 26 - 1921: Éamon de Valera elected President of the Irish Republic
August 22 - 1922: death of Michael Collins
August 23 - 1170: Richard de Clare, Strongbow, lands near Waterford.
August 24 - 1958 - death of Paul Henry, landscape artist
- 1990: Brian Keenan released after 1574 days captivity in Beirut
August 25 - 1170: Strongbow marries Aoife, daughter of Diarmuid MacMorrough the King of Leinster.
August 27 - 1923 - Irish general election for the 4th Dáil
- 1979: Lord Mountbatten killed in IRA assassination in County Sligo
August 29 - 1890: National Museum of Ireland and National Gallery of Ireland opened.
- 1946 - George Bernard Shaw awarde the Freedom of the City of Dublin
- 1975: death of Éamon de Valera.
August 30 - Feast of St. Fiacre (Fiachra)
August 31 - 1994: IRA declares complete cessation of all military operations

September - Meán Fómhair/Meadhon Fóghmhair

September 1 - 1737: first issue of Belfast News Letter.
September 2 - 1939: Enactment of First Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
- Ireland declares neutrality in World War II
September 4 - 1607: the Flight of the Earls.
September 5 - 1931: first issue of The Irish Press newspaper
- 1954 - 27 people die when KLM Flight 633 crashes two minutes after taking off from Shannon Airport
September 7 - 1948: John A. Costello announces his intention of declaring Ireland a republic in Ottawa
- 1983 - Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Abortion)
September 9 - Feast of St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise
- 1893 - Second Home Rule bill defeated in House of Lords
- 1922: First meeting of Third Dáil
- 1981: The National Concert Hall in Dublin officially opened
September 10 - 1923: Irish Free State joins League of Nations
September 11 - Drogheda captured by Oliver Cromwell
- 1997 - Dáil resolution passed setting up the Moriarty Tribunal to further investigate alleged payments by Dunnes Stores
September 12 - 1997 - Mary Robinson resigns as President of Ireland
September 14 - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (the following Wednesday, Friday and Saturday were observed as Quarter tense)
- 1947 - All-Ireland Football Final played at the Polo Grounds, New York
September 15 - 1927 Irish general election for the 6th Dáil
September 16 - 1925 birth of Charles Haughey
- 1945 death of Count John McCormack
- 1961: Hurricane Debbie hits Ireland.
September 18 - 1914: Third Home Rule bill receives Royal Assent but its implementation is suspended.
- 1964 - death of Seán O'Casey, dramatist
September 19 - 1923: First meeting of the 4th Dáil
September 20 - 1803: death of Robert Emmet
- 1998 - TV3, Ireland's fourth national television network, begins programming at 5:30 p.m.
September 22 - 1957 death of Oliver St. John Gogarty, physician, poet, senator,.
September 23 - 1976 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, President of Ireland consults with Council of State (Ireland) on whether to refer Emergency legislation to the Supreme Court
September 25 - Feast of St. Finbarr
September 26 - Éamon de Valera makes inaugural speech as Chairman of the League of Nations
September 28 - 1484: creation of the Wardenship of Galway
- 1912: Solemn League and Covenant signed throughout Ulster
September 29 - One of the four Irish Quarter days
- 1979: Pope John Paul II begins historic three-day visit to Ireland

October - Deireadh Fómhair

The last Monday in October is a public holiday.

October 1 - 1911 monument to Charles Stewart Parnell unveiled in Upper Sackville Street now O'Connell Street, Dublin
October 2 - 1957 launch of VHI
October 3 - 1691: Treaty of Limerick signed.
- 1971 - death of Seán Ó Riada, composer and traditional musician
- 1975 - kidnapping of Tiede Herrema
October 4 - 1961 - Irish general election for the 17th Dáil
October 5 - 1582: as a consequence of the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, Oct.5, - Oct.14, not included in calendar for 1582
- 1731 First meeting in the new Irish Houses of Parliament of the Parliament of Ireland
- 1871: Fenian invasion of Canada.
October 6 - 1175: Treaty of Windsor signed
- 1891 - death of Charles Stewart Parnell in Brighton.
October 7 - 1927 death of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, owner of Farmleigh and the grandson of Arthur Guinness
- 1997 - Dáil resolution passed setting up The Mahon Tribunal to investigate certain Planning Matters
October 11 - Feast of St. Canice
- 1922: Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations begin at Downing Street, London
- 1927: First meeting of the 6th Dáil
- 1961: First meeting of the 17th Dáil
October 12 - 1975 canonisation of Oliver Plunkett in Rome
October 13 - 2006 - St Andrews Agreement
October 14 - 1882: birth of Éamon de Valera
- 1318 - death of Edward Bruce at Battle of Faughart
- 2001 - Re-interment and state funeral for War of Independence volunteer Kevin Barry and nine other volunteers, executed by the British between 1919 and 1921
October 15 - 1945 death of Eoin MacNeill
October 16 - Feast of St. Gall
- 1854: birth of Oscar Wilde
- 1890: birth of Michael Collins
October 19 - 1745: death of Jonathan Swift
- 2002 - Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Treaty of Nice)
October 20 - 1999 death of Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach
October 22 - 1935 death of Edward Carson, unionist leader
- 1976: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh resigns as President of Ireland.
October 23 - 1641: Irish Rebellion of 1641 begins when Phelim O'Neill takes several towns and forts in Ulster.
October 25 - 1920: Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, dies on 74th day of hunger strike
October 27 - 1976: new IR£5 note issued bearing image of mediaeval Irish philosopher, Johannes Scotus Eriugena
October 29 - Feast of St. Colman of Kilmacduagh
October 30 - 1963 - death of Domhnall Ua Buachalla, last Governor-General of the Irish Free State
- 1997 - Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, (Cabinet confidentiality)
October 31 - Halloween/Samhain Eve/Oíche Shamhna
- 1996 - TG4,then Telefís na Gaeilge (TnaG), begins programming

Calendar terms in Irish

Days of the week - Laethanta na Seachtaine

Monday: An Luain or Dé Luain - Latin Lunae, "of the Moon"
Tuesday: An Mháirt or Dé Máirt - Latin Martis, "of Mars"
Wednesday: An Chéadaoin or Dé Céadaoin - Old Irish, "first fasting"
Thursday: An Déardaoin or Déardaoin - Old Irish, "day between fastings"
Friday: An Aoine or Dé hAoine- Old Irish, "fasting"
Saturday: An Satharn or Dé Sathairn - Latin Saturni, "of Saturn"
Sunday: An Domhnach or Dé Domhnaigh- Latin Dominica, "of the Lord"

Seasons of the year - Ráithí na Bliana/Na Séasúir

Spring: An tEarrach - Spring/Vernal Equinox: Lá Leathach an Earraigh
Summer: An Samhradh - Summer Solstice: Grianstad an tSamhraidh
Autumn: An Fómhar - Autumnal Equinox: Lá Leathach an Fhómhair
Winter: An Gheimhreadh - Winter Solstice: Grianstad an Gheimhridh

Religious seasons - Séasúir Creidimh

Lent: An Carghas - Latin Quadragesima, "fortieth"
Easter: Cáisc - Latin Pascha (from Greek, from Aramaic, "passover")
Advent: An Aidbhint - Latin Adventus, "coming"
Christmastide: Nollaig - Latin Natalicia, "birthday celebration"
Quarter Tense: Laethanta na gCeithre Thráth, "the days of four times"

Holidays and holy days - Féilte na Bliana

Holiday: Lá Saoire
Public Holiday: Saoire Poiblí
Church Holyday: Lá Saoire Eaglaise
Michaelmas Term: Téarma na Féile Mhicíl
Hilary Term: Téarma na Féile Bríde
Trinity Term: Téarma na Trionóide
New Year's Eve: Oíche Chinn Bhliana
New Year's Day: Lá Caille
The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus: Ainmniú agus Timpeallghearradh Chríost
Twelfth Night: Oíche Chinn an Dá Lá Dhéag
Epiphany: Nollaig Bheag or Nollaig na mBan or An Eipifáine
The Epiphany or Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles: An Taispeáint nó Nochtadh Chríost do na Gintlithe
The Baptism of Our Lord: Baiste ár dTiarna
The Conversion of Saint Paul: Tiontú Naomh Pól
St. Brigid's Day: Lá Fhéile Bríde or Lá Feabhra
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple: Toirbhirt Chríost sa Teampall
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Glanadh na Maighdine Beannaithe Muire
Candlemas: Lá (Fhéile Muire) na gCoinneal
St. Patrick's Day: Lá Fhéile Phádraig
St. Joseph of Nazareth: Naomh Iosaef na Nasaire
April Fools Day: Lá na nAmadáin
St. John's Eve/Bonfire Night: Oíche Fhéile San Seáin
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Lá Fhéile Muire san Earrach or Lá Theachtaireacht an Aingil or Sanas na Maighdine Beannaithe Muire or Lá Fhéile Muire na Sanaise
May Day: Lá Bealtaine
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin: Cuairt na Maighdine Beannaithe
Assumption: Lá Fhéile Muire Mór (san Fhómhar)
The Transfiguration of Our Lord: Athrú Cló ár dTiarna
The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Breith na Maighdine Beannaithe Muire
St. Michael and all Angels: Naomh Michíl agus na hAingil uile
Hallowe'en: Oíche Shamhna
1 Nov: Lá Samhna
All Souls Day: Lá na Marbh
Immaculate Conception: Giniúint Mhuire gan Smál
Christmas Eve: Oíche na Nollag
Christmas Day: Lá Nollag
St. Stephen's Day: Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín
Holy Innocents Day: Lá na Leanaí Neamhchiontacha
St Mark the Evangelist: Lá Fhéile Naomh Marcas Soiscéalaí
Sts. Philip and James, Apostles: Lá Fhéile Naomh Pilib agus Naomh Séamas, Aspail
St. Mathias: Lá Fhéile Naomh Maitias
St. Peter: Lá Fhéile Naomh Peadar
St. Thomas: Lá Fhéile Naomh Tomás
St. James the Apostle: Lá Fhéile Naomh Séamas Aspal
St. Bartholemew: Lá Fhéile Naomh Parthalán
St. Luke the Evangelist: Lá Fhéile Naomh Lúcás Soiscéalaí
St. Matthew the Evangelist: Lá Fhéile Naomh Matha Soiscéalaí
St. John the Evangelist: Lá Fhéile Naomh Eoin Soiscéalaí
St. Andrews Day: Lá Fhéile Naomh Aindreas
Sts. Simon and Jude: Lá Fhéile Naomh Siomón agus Naomh Iúd
St. Swithin's Day: Lá San Svaítín

Movable feasts - Na Féilte Reatha

Advent: An Aidbhint
Ember Days: Laethanta na Cátaoireach, (also called Quarter tense: Laethanta na gCeithre Thráth)
Rogation Days: Laethanta na hAichiní
Days of Fast and Abstinence: Laethanta Troscaidh agus Tréanais
Shrove Tuesday: Máirt na hInide
Ash Wednesday: Céadaoin an Luaithrigh
Lent: An Carghas
Holy Week: Seachtain na Páise
Palm Sunday: Domhnach na Pailme or Domhnach na hImrime
Spy Wednesday: Céadaoin an Bhraith
Holy (Maundy) Thursday: Déardaoin Mandála [na hAithne]
Good Friday: Aoine an Chéasta
Holy Saturday: Oíche Cásca
Easter Sunday: Domhnach Cásca
Easter Monday: Luan Cásca
Ascension Thursday: Déardaoin Deascabhála
Corpus Christi: Déardaoin Chorp Chríost
Pentecost Sunday: Domhnach Cincíse
Whit Monday: Luan Cincíse
Trinity Sunday: Domhnach na Trionóide