Events from the year 1944 in Ireland.
Incumbents
President: Douglas Hyde
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF)
Events
26 January – W. T. Cosgrave officially resigns as leader of Fine Gael. 10 March – The United States alleges that Ireland's neutrality is operating in favour of the Axis Powers. 13 March – The British government bans all travel between Great Britain and Ireland. 22 March – Cymric (Capt. C. Cassidy) lost between Ardrossan and Lisbon: 11 dead. 30 March – first Dunnes Stores opens. 1 June – 1944 Irish general election: The ruling Fianna Fáil under Éamon de Valera gains a majority of 14 seats over all other parties. Members of the 12th Dáil assemble on 9 June. 7 June – The Minister for Supplies, Seán Lemass, announces further rationing of electricity. 21 July – Irish Fir (Capt, J.P. Kelly) reports a 'near miss' torpedo attack in North Atlantic. 22 August – Men from Tyrone and Fermanagh form an Anti-Partition League in Dublin. 29 November – The Chief Genealogical Officer issues County Dublin with a coat of arms, the first county to receive such a distinction. Dr. John Dignan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert, publishes Social Security: Outlines of a Scheme of National Health Insurance. Dr. James Deeny is appointed Chief Medical Officer.
Arts and literature
January – The White Stag group stages an exhibition of Subjective Art in Dublin. 28 August – Joseph Tomelty's play The End House (dealing with the Special Powers Act in Northern Ireland) is premièred at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. John M. Feehan founds the successful Cork-based publishing house Mercier Press. John Lynch's De praesulibus Hiberniae (written 1672) is first published, in Dublin. Frank O'Connor's short story collection Crab Apple Jelly is published.
Sport
Football
GAA All Ireland Football
Winners: Roscommon GAA
League of Ireland
Winners: Shelbourne
FAI Cup
Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3–2 Shelbourne.
Golf
Irish Open is not played due to The Emergency.