1920 in Ireland
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See also: 1919 in Ireland, other events of 1920, 1921 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
Events
- February 27 - The text of the Home Rule Bill to be introduced in the House of Commons is published. It provides for the establishment of a 128-member parliament in Dublin and a 52-member parliament in Belfast.
- March 20 - The Lord Mayor of Cork, Thomas MacCurtain, is murdered when armed Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) men broke into his house.
- March 22 - Thousands gather to pay their respects to the murdered Tomás MacCurtain. Over 8,000 IRA Volunteers line the route to St. Fionnbar's Cemetery.
- May 2 - Viscount Fitzalan is sworn in as the Lord-Lieutenant. He is the first Catholic to hold the viceroyalty since the reign of King James II.
- May 22 - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV beatifies Oliver Plunkett.
- August 19 - Following his arrest the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, goes on hunger strike in Brixton Prison.
- September 28 - There are disturbances at Mallow, County Cork when a raid on a military barracks by Liam Lynch and Ernie O'Malley is followed by a sack of the town by British soldiers.
- October 25 - Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, dies at Brixton Prison on the 74th day of his hunger strike.
- October 31 - Terence MacSwiney is buried in St. Finbarr's Cemetery in his native Cork City. Arthur Griffith delivers the graveside oration.
- November 1 - An 18-year-old medical student, Kevin Barry, is executed in Mountjoy Prison for the killing of a British soldier.
- November 12 - The hunger strike in Cork Jail is called off after the Sinn Féin President, Arthur Griffith, intervenes.
- November 21 - Bloody Sunday: The IRA, on the instructions of Michael Collins, shoot dead 14 British undercover agents in Dublin, most in their homes. Later that day the Auxiliary Division of the RIC open fire on a crowd at a GAA Football match in Croke Park, killing 12 people and wounding 60. Three men are shot that night in Dublin Castle "while trying to escape".
- November 28 - The flying column of the 3rd Cork Brigade IRA, led by Tom Barry, ambushes and kills 16 Auxiliaries at Kilmichael, County Cork.
Arts and literature
Sports
- The All-Ireland Champions are Dublin (hurling) and Tipperary (football)
Births
- April 13 - Liam Cosgrave, former Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael.
- June 2 - Micheál Ó Hehir, sports commentator and journalist
- August 17 - Maureen O'Hara, actress.
- December 10 - Michael Russell, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1965 - 1993)
- December 18 - Merlyn Rees, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Deaths
- January 24 - Percy French, surveyor of County Cavan, engineer, entertainer, musician and distingished artist
- October 25 - Terence MacSwiney, member of 1st Dáil, Lord Mayor of Cork, on the 74th day of his hunger strike.
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