Events from the year 1923 in Ireland. Incumbents Governor-General: Tim Healy President of the Executive Council: W. T. Cosgrave (CnaG) Events 10 January – an order is signed creating the Revenue Commissioners. 13 January – Beechpark, the residence of President W. T. Cosgrave in Dublin, is set on fire. 16 January – Provisional Government of Ireland takes office. 22 January – the Minister for Education, Eoin MacNeill, announces that Irish is to become a subject for examination in the Civil Service. 18 February – an amnesty for IRA Irregulars expires on this day. It was introduced by the Minister for Home Affairs, Kevin O'Higgins. 1 April – the Provisional Government establishes customs posts on the border with Northern Ireland. 11 April – Liam Lynch, Chief of Staff of the Irregulars, is wounded and captured by the Free State's National Army in the Knockmealdown Mountains. His subsequent death in Clonmel is also announced by the army. 14 April – Austin Stack is captured by National Army troops at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains. 30 April – thousands turn up to greet Jim Larkin as he returns to Ireland after a nine-year absence in the United States. 28 May – the Government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on 24 May. The letters, signed by Éamon de Valera and Frank Aiken (the new Chief of Staff) call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over. 31 May – obelisk of 1736 commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (1690) at Oldbridge (County Meath) is blown up. 20 July – Éamon de Valera appeals to the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for $100,000 to fight the upcoming general election. August – the British Royal Navy patrol ship HMY Helga is handed over to the Irish Coastal and Marine Service as the Public Armed Ship Muirchú. 2 August – Joe Whitty dies on an independent hunger strike, the first of three IRA men to die in the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes. 15 August – Éamon de Valera is arrested at an election meeting in Ennis, County Clare. 27 August – 1923 Irish general election: Cumann na nGaedheal under W. T. Cosgrave win most seats and form a minority government. 10 September – Ireland is admitted into the League of Nations. 17 September – 33 members present themselves at Leinster