A Look Back At
Born in 1946
What Was Life Like in 1946?
Who Was in Charge?
What Things Cost
Events of 1946 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1946 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 7 January – the Minister for Education, Thomas Derrig, announces that because refugee children who arrived in Ireland during the war do not have a sufficient knowledge of the Irish language they cannot obtain the Leaving Certificate.
- 4 February – it is announced that George Bernard Shaw is to be awarded the freedom of Dublin.
- 17 June – Aer Lingus inaugurates a Dublin-Paris air service.
- 6 July – a new republican political party, Clann na Poblachta, was formed in Dublin.
- 29 August – George Bernard Shaw is honoured by being made a freeman of Dublin.
- 2 September – the Emergency Powers Act 1939 expires. The Defence Forces (Requisitions of Emergency) Order, 1940, is also revoked by Order (signed 28 August) with effect from this date.
- 22 November – Walt Disney arrives in Dublin. He has a meeting with the Irish Folklore Commission to further his investigation of leprechauns for a forthcoming film.
- 18 December – the government announces the release of 24 internees, including Brendan Behan.