Welsh coast: 1 wounded. 26 May – a special sitting of Dáil Éireann unanimously condemns the introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland. 27 May – speaking in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Winston Churchill rules out the introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland. 30 May – Kyleclare (Capt. T. Hanrahan) bombed off Waterford coast. 31 May – bombing of Dublin in World War II: 34 people are killed when the Luftwaffe bomb part of Dublin. 2 June – Arklow is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties. 24 July – Dundalk is bombed by the Luftwaffe, with no casualties. Summer – 16,000 men and boys are employed on county council turf-cutting schemes. 22 August – S.S. Clonlara (Capt. Joseph Reynolds) torpedoed and sunk by in North Atlantic while in Convoy OG 71 ("Nightmare Convoy"): 13 survivors and 11 dead. 12 October – Charles Stewart Parnell, the uncrowned King of Ireland, is honoured in a huge pageant in Dublin. November – Brendan Behan is released from Borstal in England and deported to Ireland. 8 December – the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill cables the Taoiseach inviting him to join the Allies of World War II. Arts and literature Myles na gCopaleen's parodic novel An Béal Bocht is published. Donagh MacDonagh's Veterans, and other poems is published. Louis MacNeice's poetry Plant and Phantom and study The Poetry of W. B. Yeats are published. Kate O'Brien's novel The Land of Spices is published; it is prohibited in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board. English poet John Betjeman becomes British press attaché in Dublin, living in Clondalkin. Opening of new Dublin Airport passenger terminal, designed by Desmond FitzGerald, the first significant International Style building in Ireland. Sport Football League of Ireland Winners: Cork United FAI Cup Winners: Cork United 2–2, 3–1 Waterford. Golf Irish Open is not played due to The Emergency. Births 3 January – Derrick O'Connor, actor (died 2018). 10 March – Pat Donnellan, Galway Gaelic footballer. 31 March – Jim O'Keeffe, Fine Gael TD for Cork South-West. 18 April – Michael D. Higgins, Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister and 9th President of Ireland. 22 May – Caitlín Maude, poet, actress and traditional singer (died 1982). 24 June – Gerard Clifford, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Armagh. 24 July – Tony Dunne, soccer player. 27 August – Paddy Barry,