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Events of 1948 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1948 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – The Council of State met for the first time when President Sean T. O'Kelly tested the constitutionality of the Offences Against the State Bill.
- 4 February – 1948 Irish general election: The Fianna Fáil party under Éamon de Valera remained the largest party, but lacked an overall majority.
- 16 March – Seán MacBride represented Ireland at the Marshall Aid conference in Paris.
- 3 April – British officer Captain Edo John Hitzen returned a Flag of Truce surrendered at the Boland's Mill garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising. He also discussed his capture of Éamon de Valera, and returned his binoculars to him.
- 18 June – A 36-foot shark was spotted off the coast of County Donegal.
- 7 September – In Ottawa, Canada Taoiseach John A. Costello announced that the government intended to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with Britain.
- 17 November – The Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which involved the repeal of the External Relations Act, was introduced in Dáil Éireann.
- 21 December – President Seán T. O'Kelly signed the Republic of Ireland Bill at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin, the president's residence. Taoiseach John A. Costello and members of his government were also present.