Ireland

Clothes rationing introduced as a war-time measure. It was not lifted until, 1949.

Rudolf Hess, Hitlers deputy, descended by parachute into Scotland at Eaglesham.

Last major bombing attack on the Clyde area by the Luftwaffe

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire, died

Eric Liddell, Chariots of Fire athlete, winner of 1924 Olympics 400 metres, died in Japanese internment camp in China.

The Emergency Powers Act provides for the censorship of press messages to places outside the Free State

The Emergency Powers Act of 1941 in Ireland, also referred to in the context of “The Emergency,” was a significant legislative measure enacted during World War II. Ireland, then known as the Irish Free State (Éire), remained officially neutral during the war. However, the global conflict had substantial implications for the country, leading to the enactment of various emergency measures.

James Joyce, Irish author, died

James Joyce, the influential Irish author known for his groundbreaking modernist works such as “Ulysses” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” died in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 13, 1941.

Poet and dramatist Tom McGrath born in Rutherglen.

German aircraft bomb a creamery at Campile, Co. Wexford; three women are killed

1,800 million pounds of Gold sails from the River Clyde

As German forces overran Europe in the spring of 1940, massive gold shipments began arriving in the United States from England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway for safekeeping.

RMS Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Canada, and Empress of Britain arrive in the River Clyde with troops

During World War II, four major ocean liners—RMS Queen Mary, RMS Aquitania, RMS Empress of Canada, and RMS Empress of Britain—arrived in the River Clyde, Scotland, carrying the first large contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops (ANZACs) to Britain.