physics - 1940 in Ireland

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1 Events

Events

March 29 - Fire destroys the roof and upper rooms of St. Patrick's College in Maynooth.
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 Eamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted last September will not be reversed.
October 3 - The German news agency announces that the German government is willing to pay compensation for dropping bombs on Ireland.
November 7 - Eamon 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 the British forces.
November 24 - James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.
December 27 - Dr. John Charles McQuaid is consecrated as Archbishop of Dublin.