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July 1
The dockyard in Haulbowline has laid down a copy of the fleet tender Meath for the Latvian Navy.

July 10
The destroyers Connacht and Ulster have departed Haulbowline for a cruise to call in Scapa Flow, the Shetland Islands, the Faroes Islands, and Reykjavik.

July 28
The Irish Naval Service has named Captain Edward S.F. Fegen as the first commander of the cruiser Granuaile. [1]

August 14
The submarine Bradan Feasa made her way to sea for the first time today, running surfaced from the port of Galway and circling the Aran Islands, accompanied by the boom defense ship Carrauntoohil. Bradan Feasa returned at nightfall to her berth at the shipyard of Gallagher, Burke & Sons.

August 18
Thousands have flocked to the Irish town of Athlone in hopes of seeing Irish racer Kaye Don's upcoming attempt to seize back the world water-speed record. Don last held the title in 1932, and hopes to take the title away from current record-holder Malcolm Campbell, who set the record with his Blue Bird K3 on September 17th, 1938, racing on the Hallwilersee in Switzerland, achieving a speed of 130.91 miles per hour (210.66 kilometers per hour). Don's attempt at Lough Ree, hopefully to take place sometime this weekend, comes as Malcolm Campbell prepares to beat his own record with the new Blue Bird K4 on Coniston Water in England. Don's boat, the Miss England IV, differs drastically from his previous powerboats, being a hydroplane.

August 19
It was a bittersweet day for Kaye Don, who piloted his new hydroplane Miss England IV to a world water-speed record of 138.54 miles per hour (222.96 kilometers per hour), trumping the 1938 record of Malcolm Campbell. The taste of victory was marred, however, as later in the afternoon, Campbell seized the record back with Blue Bird K4, achieving 141.74miles per hour (228.11 kilometers per hour) on Coniston Water in England. Comparison of accounts has shown that Don held the record for slightly under three hours before losing it to his British rival. [2]

September 10
A sheepherder in the tiny village of Bohadoon has uncovered what appears to be a Viking tomb in his pasture. Archaeologists from Dublin have been called out to further excavate the site.

September 13
The Irish Army has selected the Daimler Armoured Car and the T-2 Staghound for further review for purchase. The Army will announce it's decision by January 1st, 1940.

September 25
After three years of slow construction work, contractors have reported that construction of the Shannon airport is starting to accelerate. Draining the boglands the runways will be built on has proven difficult, and slowed construction. The airport authorities expect Shannon will be open for service by 1942, and anticipate the airfield will be quite busy as it will be the westernmost large airfield in Europe.

[Note 1]. Captain Fegen holds a rather odd position at present, as he's the second-ranked officer in the Irish Naval Service... despite still being on loan from the Royal Navy.
[Note 2]. The funny thing is, back in 1937 I announced Kaye Don's intended racing comeback, and started writing up my Q3 news about his next attempt on the record. I paused halfway through writing to look up again who held the record at that time (and what their speed was) and found out, cruel irony! that completely innocently I'd chosen the same day that Campbell made his own record in Blue Bird K4. Rrrarrgh.