Events from the year 1924 in Ireland. Incumbents Governor-General: Tim Healy President of the Executive Council: W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) Events 15 January – the last internee at Kilmainham Gaol, Ernie O'Malley, is transferred to St. Bricin's Military Hospital. 7–18 March – Irish Army Mutiny over demobilisation within the National Army, led by Liam Tobin's Irish Republican Army Organisation. The outcome affirms subservience of the military to the civilian government. 20 April – Sinn Féin commemorates the anniversary of the events of the 1916 Easter Rising. 24 April – no agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. 5 May – Dublin Corporation officially renames Sackville Street to O'Connell Street. 6 May – James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission. 30 May – a new licensing Bill is introduced by the Minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins. Bars are allowed open between 9am and 10pm and the sale of alcohol is limited to those over the age of 18. 5 June – in an austerity budget, the Minister for Finance, the only Northern Ireland Protestant to serve on a Republic of Ireland cabinet, Ernest Blythe brings in the Old Age Pensions Act 1924, which cuts the old age pension by 10%, from 10/= to 9/= (ten shillings then being around £181 in 2014); an action still remembered with bitterness in Ireland . 3 July – the Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that the teaching of Irish is to be made compulsory in all schools. 2–18 August – Tailteann Games are held in Dublin. 18 August – Ireland's first rodeo opens at Croke Park. 1 October – Defence Forces established, incorporating the National Army. 24 October – Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland. 7 November – the President of the Executive Council, W. T. Cosgrave, announces an amnesty for criminal acts committed during the Civil War in connection with the attempt to overthrow the lawfully established government. 19 November – Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, dies, having held office since 1887, and is succeeded by Patrick O'Donnell. Arts and literature 3 March – Seán O'Casey's drama Juno and the Paycock opens at the Abbey