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Events
- 13 January - The Broadcasting Authority Bill proposes to establish an authority to provide the new national television service.
- 16 January - A 103-year old shipping service between Cork and Glasgow ends.
- 3 February - Irish candidate Frederick Henry Boland receives the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- 4 February - Figures released today show that 118 million telephone calls were made in 1959.
- 5 February - Mise Éire is premiered in Dublin's Regal Rooms cinema.
- 17 February - The Television Bill passes its final stage in Seanad Éireann.
- 27 May - The last barge on the Grand Canal leaves Dublin carrying Guinness to Limerick. It is the end of a 156-year-old service.
- 8 November - Nine Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations are killed in the Congo.
- 22 November - The nation mourns as the funerals take place of the soldiers killed in the Congo.
Arts and literature
Sports
- Shelbourne win the FAI Cup.
Births
January to June
- 10 January - Brian Cowen, current Taoiseach (Fianna Fáil).
- 13 January - Dolores McNamara, largest individual prizewinner in European lottery history.
- 1 April - Séamus McElwaine, Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed in an ambush near Roslea by the SAS (d.1986).
- 14 April - Liam Buckley, soccer player and manager.
- 13 March - Adam Clayton, bass player with U2.
- 10 May - Bono, lead singer with U2.
- 24 May - Packie Bonner, former goalkeeper and Glasgow Celtic footballer.
- 11 June - Dave Henderson, soccer player.
July to December
- 1 July - Trevor Sargent, TD representing Dublin North and leader of the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas.
- 4 July - Phil Hogan, Fine Gael TD for Carlow-Kilkenny.
- 1 August - Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil TD representing Cork South Central, Cabinet Minister.
- 14 October - Seán Power, Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South and Minister of State.
- 17 October - Bernadette Nolan, singer and actress.
- 10 August - Alan Campbell, soccer player.
- September - Maurice Seezer, musician.
- 25 November - Mick Neville, soccer player and coach.
- 25 December - Tonie Walsh, gay rights activist, journalist and DJ.
Full date unknown
- Gerard Casey, artist.
- Tom Reilly, historian, author and newspaper columnist.
- Vincent Woods, poet and playwright.
Deaths
- 21 January - Matthew Moore, actor (b.1888).
- 26 February - Amby Power, Clare hurler (b.1887).
- 12 May - Augustine Kelly, cricketer (b.1894).
- 13 June - Kenneth McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (b.1881).
- 20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (b.1913).
- 27 July - Ethel Lilian Voynich, novelist and musician (b.1864).
- 23 September - Dr Henry Barnaville, member of the Seanad from 1922 to 1960 representing the National University of Ireland.
- 6 October - Hubert de Burgh, cricketer (b.1879).
- 25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (b.1884).
- 14 December - Michael J. Stack, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (b.1888).
