at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. On 11 February, the performance is marred by ugly scenes in the audience: one man strikes an actress. 6 September – Lennox Robinson's play The Big House (set in 1918–23) opens at the Abbey Theatre. 22 November – George Bernard Shaw, having initially refused to accept the prize money for the Nobel Prize for Literature, will now accept the money but return it to the Nobel Foundation. M. J. Farrell's first novel, The Knight of Cheerful Countenance, is published. W. B. Yeats' Autobiographies is published as volume 6 of his Collected Edition by Macmillan in London. Sport Football 21 March The Republic of Ireland national football team plays Italy for the first time. Result: Italy 3-0 Ireland League of Ireland Winners: Shelbourne FAI Cup Winners: Fordsons 3–2 Shamrock Rovers Gaelic Games The All-Ireland Champions are Cork (hurling) and Kerry (football) Births 15 January – Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fáil TD (died 2000). 3 February – Jim Higgins, soccer player. 9 February – Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael (died 2011). 10 March – Thomas Dunne, Fine Gael TD and MEP (died 1990). 24 March – Desmond Connell, Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin (died 2017). 30 March – Ray McAnally, actor (died 1989). 4 April – Ronnie Masterson, actress (died 2014). 23 April – J. P. Donleavy, writer (died 2017). 26 April – Philomena Garvey, golfer. 18 May – Sylvester Barrett, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (died 2002). 2 June – Milo O'Shea, actor (died 2013 in the United States). 21 July – Patrick Lalor, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament and Laois hurler (died 2016). 1 August – Declan Costello, former Fine Gael TD, Attorney General and High Court judge (died 2011). 30 August – Tom O'Donnell, Fine Gael TD and MEP (died 2020). 3 November – Frank Filgas, cricketer (died 2006). 9 November – Hugh Leonard, dramatist, writer and journalist (died 2009). 10 November – Brian Behan, writer and trade unionist (died 2002). 23 November – Peter Desmond, soccer player (died 1990). 10 December – Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, writer (died 1989). 18 December – Stanley Bergin, cricketer (died 1969). Deaths 18 April – Dolway Walkington, Irish national rugby union captain (born 1867). 21 April – George Carew, 4th Baron Carew (born 1863). 14 June – Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, peer