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See also:
1955 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 1955
List of years in Ireland
This article list notable things that happened in
Ireland
in
1955
.
Contents
1
Events
2
Arts and literature
3
Sports
3.1
Football
4
Births
4.1
January to March
4.2
April to June
4.3
July to December
4.4
Full date unknown
5
Deaths
5.1
Full date unknown
Events
January 6 - 1,200 people meet in
Dublin
to form the
National Farmers' Association
.
January 14 -
Tony O'Reilly
is named in the Irish rugby squad for his first cap in an international against
France
.
July 4 -
Denis Larkin
is elected
Lord Mayor of Dublin
defeating 73-year old
Alfie Byrne
.
November 29 -
Bord na gCon
is to be set up under the Greyhound Industry Bill published today.
December 12 -
Cork Opera House
at Emmet Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 14 -
Ireland
is admitted to the
United Nations
.
Arts and literature
Sports
Football
League of Ireland
Winners:
St Patrick's Athletic
FAI Cup
Winners:
Shamrock Rovers
1 - 0
Drumcondra
.
Births
January to March
15 January -
Paddy Burke
,
Fine Gael
Senator
.
18 January -
Fergus Martin
, artist.
2 February -
Dermot Ahern
,
Fianna Fáil
Teachta Dála
for
Louth
and Cabinet Minister.
15 March -
John J. McGuinness
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
for
Carlow–Kilkenny
.
27 March -
Patrick McCabe
, novelist.
29 March -
Brendan Gleeson
, actor.
April to June
1 April -
Bobby Aylward
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
for
Carlow–Kilkenny
.
1 April -
Joe O'Reilly
, former
Fine Gael
Senator
.
24 April -
Eamon Gilmore
,
Labour Party
TD
representing
Dún Laoghaire
, leader of the
Labour Party (Ireland)
.
28 April -
Mae Sexton
, former
Progressive Democrats
TD
.
16 May -
Páidí Ó Sé
, former
Kerry
Gaelic footballer and manager.
22 May -
Mary Black
, singer.
July to December
5 July -
Sebastian Barry
, playwright, novelist and poet.
20 July -
Jem Finer
, musician and composer.
1 December -
Pat Spillane
, former
Kerry
Gaelic footballer.
2 December -
Joachim Kelly
,
Offaly
hurler.
Full date unknown
John Callinan
, former
Clare
hurler.
Kevin Fennelly
, former
Kilkenny
hurler.
Mick Holden
, former Gaelic footballer and hurler (d.
2007
).
Peter Wyse Jackson
, Director of the National Botanic Gardens in
Glasnevin
,
Dublin
.
Pat Loughrey
, former Controller of
BBC Northern Ireland
, Director of BBC Nations and Regions.
Sean Power
, Member of the
States of Jersey
.
Colm Tóibín
, novelist and critic.
William Wall
, novelist, poet and short story writer.
Deaths
12 February -
Thomas J. Moore
, actor (b.
1883
).
26 March - Thomas Farren, nominated to the
Seanad
by the
President of the Executive Council
in 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934, member of the
Labour Party
.
4 May -
Michael Colivet
, manager Shannon Foundry, member of
1st Dáil
(
Anti Treaty
), representing
Limerick
.
14 May -
Robert Quigg
, soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
for gallantry in 1916 at the
Battle of the Somme
(b.
1885
).
16 June -
Stanislaus Joyce
, scholar and writer, brother of
James Joyce
, (b.
1884
).
11 July -
Frank Duffy
, labour leader in America (b.
1861
).
15 July -
James Dolan
, merchant, member of
1st Dáil
(Pro Treaty)
, representing
Leitrim
.
18 July -
Billy McCandless
, footballer and football manager (b.
1894
).
26 October -
Michael Staines
,
Sinn Féin
TD
, member of
1st Dáil
, first Commissioner of the
Garda Siochana
(b.
1885
).
Full date unknown
Evie Hone
, painter and stained glass artist (b.
1894
).
Moira O'Neill
, poet (b.
1864
).
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