A Look Back At
Born in 1944
What Was Life Like in 1944?
Who Was in Charge?
What Things Cost
Events of 1944 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1944 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 26 January – W. T. Cosgrave officially resigned as leader of the Fine Gael party.
- 13 March – Winston Churchill banned travel and communication between Britain and Ireland, north and south.
- 30 March – The first Dunnes Stores opened.
- 1 June – General election: The ruling Fianna Fáil party under Éamon de Valera gained a majority of 14 seats over all other parties. The 12th Dáil assembled on 9 June.
- 3 June – Maureen Flavin (Sweeney after marriage) recorded weather conditions at Blacksod Lighthouse, County Mayo indicating an approaching storm, which led to the 24-hour postponement of the Allied D-Day landings from 5 June to 6 June.
- 21 July – The Irish Fir (Captain J.P. Kelly) reported a 'near miss' torpedo attack in the North Atlantic.
- 22 August – Men from counties Tyrone and Fermanagh formed an Anti-Partition League in Dublin.
- 29 November – The Chief Genealogical Officer issued County Dublin with a coat of arms, the first county to receive such a distinction.