Ireland

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Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June; he later claims to have been court martialled and tortured by the IRA; Seán McCaughey is convicted of his kidnapping on this date

ireland

Rudolf Hess, Hitlers deputy, descended by parachute into Scotland at Eaglesham.

ireland

Last major bombing attack on the Clyde area by the Luftwaffe

ireland

Clothes rationing introduced as a war-time measure. It was not lifted until, 1949.

ireland

The Emergency Powers Act provides for the censorship of press messages to places outside the Free State

ireland

James Joyce, Irish author, died

ireland

Poet and dramatist Tom McGrath born in Rutherglen.

ireland

German aircraft bomb a creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; three women are killed

ireland