the Atlantic Ocean. 28 July – The Irish Republican Army unsuccessfully attempts the assassination by bomb of King George VI of the United Kingdom, in Belfast. 26 August – The Irish Times newspaper publishes its 25,000th edition in Dublin. 27 August – Dublin's first automatic traffic lights come into operation at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street. 16 September – 10 young County Mayo potato harvesters are killed in a bothy fire at Kirkintilloch in Scotland. 12 October – Kathleen Clarke (widow of Tom Clarke) addresses the Fianna Fáil Ardfheis, telling the party that it is moving away from its original values of republicanism. 10 November – the text of a new bill providing a seal of office for the President of Ireland is introduced in Dáil Éireann. 6 December – the Seal of the President of Ireland is photographed for archive purposes. 11 December – the Kelly Line steamer Annagher sinks at Ballymacormick Point with the loss of nine crew and only one survivor. 29 December – the new Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes known as "Ireland" (or Éire in the Irish language), and Éamon de Valera becomes its first Taoiseach (prime minister). A Presidential Commission (made up the Chief Justice, the Speaker of Dáil Éireann, and the President of the High Court) assumes the powers of the new presidency, pending the election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938. A 21-gun salute is fired from the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and the tricolour flag of Ireland flies over all public buildings. Arts and literature April – writers Elizabeth Bowen and Seán Ó Faoláin first meet, in London. 29 September – French playwright Antonin Artaud is expelled from Ireland. Samuel Beckett leaves Ireland to settle in Paris. The national radio station, Radio Athlone, is renamed Radio Éireann. Norah Hoult publishes her novel Coming from the Fair. Robert Lloyd Praeger publishes his memoir The Way That I Went: An Irishman in Ireland. Sport Football League of Ireland Winners: Sligo Rovers FAI Cup Winners: Waterford 2–1 St James' Gate Gaelic Athletic Association All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Winners: Kerry 4–4 v Cavan 1–7 (played at Croke Park, Dublin) All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Winners: Tipperary 3–11 v Kilkenny 0–3 (played at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney) Golf Irish Open is won by Bert Gadd (England). Births 4 January – Mick O'Connell, Kerry Gaelic