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1932
 
   
US aviator Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland, to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic      
Amelia Earhart after her transatlantic flight, 1932
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1932
 
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Fianna Fáil wins enough seats in the Irish Free State's election for Eamon de Valera to form a government       
1932
 
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De Valera withholds farmers' annuities from Britain, provoking British tariffs and a trade war      
1933
 
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Fine Gael is the name given to a new political party in Ireland, formed by the merger of several smaller groups      
1937
 
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De Valera introduces a new constitution, changing the name of the Irish Free State to Eire (Gaelic for Ireland)        
1937
 
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De Valera's new constitution for Eire lays claim to the six counties of northern Ireland       
1938
 
    
Irish author Samuel Beckett publishes his first novel, Murphy       
1939
 
    
James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is published after 17 years in the making       
1939
 
    
Irish author Flann O'Brien publishes his first novel, At Swim-Two-Birds       
1939  February 2
 
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De Valera declares that Eire will be neutral in any forthcoming European war