27 January – general strike call over working hours led by engineering workers in Glasgow and Belfast;[2] in Belfast the strike collapses after a month.
15–19 April – "Limerick Soviet": a general strike called by the Limerick Trades and Labour Council, as a protest against the declaration of a "Special Military Area" under the Defence of the Realm Act covering of most of the city of Limerick and its surroundings.
18 April – 1,000 delegates from all over Ireland attend the Sinn Féin Ard-Fheis in Dublin. Éamon de Valera is elected President of the organisation.
19 April – Sinn Féin proposes an Executive Council of the Irish National Alliance to challenge the right of any foreign parliament to make laws for Ireland.
8 September – "The sack of Fermoy": drunken British forces rampage through Fermoy following an inquest on the previous death of a British soldier which fails to find for murder.[9]
4 November – the British Cabinet's Irish Committee settles on a policy of creating two Home Rule parliaments – one in Dublin and one in Belfast – with a Council of Ireland to provide a framework for possible unity.[10]
12 November – Mitchelstown Creameries, predecessor of Dairygold, opens for business as a co-operative.[11]
19 December – volunteers from Dublin and Tipperary under the leadership of Paddy Daly undertake an ambush on Lord French's motorcade of three cars at Ashtown Road in Dublin. Lord French is the British Viceroy, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Supreme Commander of the British Army in Ireland. While three of French's party – two RIC and a driver – are wounded, French gets through unharmed. Volunteer Martin Savage is killed and Dan Breen wounded.[12]
23 December – Irish Land (Provision for Soldiers and Sailors) Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, empowering the Irish Land Commission to provide housing for any men who had served in the British forces.
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^"From Mitchelstown Co-Op to Dairygold – 100 years of progress, innovation, jobs and much more!". The Avondhu. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^Mac Donncha, Mícheal (17 December 2009). "Remembering the Past: Martin Savage and the Ashtown ambush". Anphoblact. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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