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Events
- February 15 - Senator Owen Sheehy-Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.
- April 2 - President Seán T. O'Kelly unveils a bust of Countess Markiewicz in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
- May 1 - The Minister for Education Richard Mulcahy introduces the debate on a separate government department for the Gaeltacht.
- May 21 - President Seán T. O'Kelly opens the first Cork International Film Festival.
- May 29 - T. K. Whitaker is appointed new Secretary at the Department of Finance.
- August 12 - The Gaelic Athletic Association postpones the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals due to an outbreak of polio.
- November 21 - Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children is opened in Crumlin, Dublin.
- November 30 - Petrol rationing is due to be introduced from January 1 due to the crisis in the Suez.
- December 1 - At the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Ronnie Delany wins Ireland's first gold medal for 24 years.
Date unknown
- Robert Briscoe becomes the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin1
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
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- Winners: St Patrick's Athletic
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3 - 2 Cork Athletic.
Births
January to June
- 1 January - John O'Donohue, poet and philosopher (d.2008).
- 16 January - Denis Moran, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
- 11 February - Pat Carroll, Offaly hurler (d.1986).
- 13 February - Liam Brady, international soccer player.
- 21 February - Johnny Crowley, Cork hurler.
- 13 April - Jim Lynagh, Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed in an ambush by the SAS during an attack on Loughgall RUC station (d.1987).
- 29 April - Kevin Moran, Gaelic footballer and soccer player.
- 30 April - Liam T. Cosgrave, Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 1996–1997
- 4 May - Steve Barron, film director and producer.
- 5 May - Mary Coughlan, singer.
- 9 May - Brendan Howlin, national teacher, Labour Party Teachta Dála for Wexford and former Cabinet Minister.
- 15 May - Pat Byrne, soccer player and manager.
- 18 May - Pat Fleury, Offaly hurler, manager.
- 21 May - Seán Kelly, cyclist and broadcaster.
- 24 May - Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher.
- 28 May - John O'Donoghue, Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South and Cabinet Minister.
- 1 June - Brendan Smith, Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan and Minister of State.
- 4 June - Gerry Ryan, RTE radio presenter.
- 7 June - Marty Whelan, RTE radio and television presenter.
July to December
- 10 July - Frank Stapleton, soccer player and manager.
- July - Liz O'Donnell, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats, former TD and Minister of State.
- August - Denis Mulcahy, Cork hurler.
- 5 September - Willie Mullins, former jockey, racehorse trainer.
- 1 November - Charles Flanagan, Fine Gael TD for Laois-Offaly.
Full date unknown
- John Allen, Cork hurler and manager.
- Ciarán Brennan, singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist.
- Patrick Cassidy, composer.
- Marita Conlon-McKenna, children's writer.
- Joe Connolly, former Galway hurler.
- Dorothy Cross, sculptor and installation artist.
- Joe Duffy, radio presenter.
- Frankie Gavin, fiddle and flute player.
- Joe Hennessy, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Mary Kennedy, television presenter.
- Alice Maher, painter and sculptor.
- Tadhg Murphy, former Cork hurler.
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh, poet.
- Fran Rooney, businessman.
Deaths
January to June
- 30 January - Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet, barrister, member of Seanad (b.1873).
- 21 February - Louis Meldon, cricketer (b.1886).
- 13 March - Alfred Byrne, Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an MP in the British House of Commons and as a TD in Dáil Éireann (b.1882).
- 18 March - Benjamin Glazer, Academy Award-winning writer, producer and director (b.1887).
- 19 March - Matt Goff, Kildare Gaelic footballer (b.1901).
- 24 March - Bob Lambert, cricketer (b.1874).
- 17 May - John Tudor Gwynn, cricketer (b.1881).
July to December
- 5 August - John Miller Andrews, second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1871).
- 19 November - Tomás Ó Deirg, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1897).
- 25 November - Robert Bowers, cricketer (b.1897).
- 11 December - Frederic Charles Dreyer, Royal Navy Admiral (b.1878).
- 27 December - Lambert McKenna, Jesuit priest and writer (b.1870).
Full date unknown
- James Cousins, poet and writer (b.1873).
- Elizabeth Cronin, traditional singer (b.1879).
- Ella Young, poet (b.1867).
References
- ^ Department of the Taoiseach (2006). "Speech by the Taoiseach on visit to the Jewish Museum, Dublin". The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
