Summer Time officially ends as clocks turn back an hour

Dublin, 7 October 1922 – Summer Time will officially come to end at 3am tomorrow morning.

Cooler weather conditions and shortened days will have indicated to most Irish people that summer ended some time ago, but it is only in the early hours of tomorrow that the clocks are to be adjusted in recognition of the fact.

Summer Time, also known as Daylight Saving Time, has been in operation since 26 March and officially ends with the resumption of ‘old time’ tomorrow.

The effect of the time change will impact on the hours of travel and work. All railway clocks and the clocks in post offices and government offices will be pushed back an hour, while members of the public are being advised to put back the time on their clocks and watches by one hour this evening.

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]