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Ireland
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1963
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See also:
1962 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 1962
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Contents
1
Events
2
Arts and literature
3
Sports
4
Births
4.1
January to June
4.2
July to December
4.3
Full date unknown
5
Deaths
5.1
Full date unknown
Events
March 13 - Irish artists leave
Dublin Airport
for the
Congo
to entertain
United Nations
troops there.
March 17 - President
Éamon de Valera
and Mrs.
Sinéad de Valera
have a private audience with
Pope
John XXIII
in Rome.
April 5 - A final train is run on the west
Cork
railway.
May 8 - Irish troops leave for a peace-keeping mission in the
Congo
.
July 6 -
Gay Byrne
presents the very first edition of the
Late Late Show
.
July 13 -
Secretary General of the United Nations
U Thant
arrives in
Dublin
. He pays tribute to Irish soldiers who fought in the
Congo
.
August 21 - Former United States
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
arrives in
Belfast
on a four-day visit to Ireland.
November 13 -
Aer Lingus
air hostesses receive new uniforms. The colours are fern-green and St. Patrick's blue.
Arts and literature
Sports
Shelbourne
win the
League of Ireland
championship for the seventh time with a 1-0 play-off victory over
Cork Celtic
thanks to a
Ben Hannigan
goal.
Births
January to June
9 January -
Ray Houghton
, former international soccer player.
13 April -
Harry Kenny
, soccer player.
7 May -
Paul Kimmage
, cyclist and sports journalist.
9 June -
Bobby Browne
, soccer player.
15 June -
Martin Earley
, road bicycle racer.
26 June -
Cyprian Brady
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
for
Dublin Central
.
July to December
11 July -
Pauline McLynn
, actress and writer.
14 July -
Eamon Delaney
, author and journalist.
19 July -
Caitríona Ruane
,
Sinn Féin
MLA
and Minister for Education in
Northern Ireland
.
14 August -
Dan Boyle
, former
Green Party (Ireland)
TD
,
Senator
.
14 August -
Peter Eccles
, soccer player.
1 September -
Tony Cascarino
, former international soccer player.
11 October -
Eddie Hobbs
, financial adviser and television presenter.
11 October -
Anne Enright
,
Booker Prize
-winning author.
2 December -
Kevin Brady
, soccer player.
Full date unknown
Martin Hayes
, fiddle player.
Jamie O'Neill
, author.
Kevin Sharkey
, songwriter and painter.
Tom Spillane
, former
Kerry
Gaelic footballer.
Deaths
1 February -
Thomas Westropp Bennett
,
Cumann na nGaedhael
member of the
Seanad
,
Cathaoirleach
of Seanad (b.
1867
).
14 March -
Eileen Costello
, Independent member of
1922 Seanad
.
25 June -
Robert Gwynn
, cricketer (b.
1877
).
4 July -
William Harman
, cricketer (b.
1869
).
24 July -
Margaret Buckley
, president of
Sinn Féin
from 1937 to 1950 (d.
1879
).
October -
Emily Anderson
, British
Foreign Office
official and scholar of German (b.
1891
).
Full date unknown
Anne Acheson
, sculptor (b.
1882
)
Frank Gallagher
,
Irish Volunteer
and author (b.
1893
).
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