Born in 1943

A selection from Wikipedia's '1943 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 1 February – The Currency Commission is renamed the Central Bank of Ireland (under terms of the Central Bank Act 1942); it is not, however, given all the powers expected of a central bank.
• 17 March – Éamon de Valera and his government celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a céilí in the Great Hall of Dublin Castle. de Valera makes the speech "The Ireland That We Dreamed Of", commonly called the "comely maidens" speech.
• 17 March – A British military aircraft crashes at Templeport, Tullyhaw, County Cavan: the pilot and navigator survive.
• 8 April – A US Air Force B-17 crashes near Clonakilty, Co Cork. The crew survive but a monkey they adopted in Brazil succumbs to the climate within a few days and was buried with full "military honours."
• 1 May – Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
• 23 June – 1943 Irish general election: Fianna Fáil under Éamon de Valera remain in power, but lose their parliamentary majority. Electoral gains are made by the Labour Party and Clann na Talmhan, the national agricultural party.
• 1 July – 11th Dáil assembles.
• 29 December – MV Kerlogue (with a crew of 11) rescues 164 Germans from the Bay of Biscay.

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