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Contents
1
Events
2
Arts and literature
3
Sports
4
Births
4.1
Full date unknown
5
Deaths
5.1
January to June
5.2
July to December
5.3
Full date unknown
Events
January 17 -
Thomas Johnson
, first parliamentary leader of the
Irish Labour Party
, dies aged 91.
January 24 - The
Minister for Justice
,
Charles Haughey
, announces that the government proposes to abolish the death penalty.
January 29 - A new control tower is opened at
Shannon Airport
.
May 20 - The
Minister for Education
,
Patrick Hillery
, announces plans for
comprehensive schools
and
regional technical colleges
.
June 3 -
Teilifís Éireann
closes down immediately after its 9 o'clock news bulletin as a mark of respect to the memory of
Pope John XXIII
.
June 27 -
US
President
John F. Kennedy
visits his ancestral home at New Ross,
County Wexford
. He inspects a naval guard of honour and then addresses the crowd.
June 28 -
President
John F. Kennedy
receives a standing ovation as he addresses a joint session of both houses of the
Oireachtas
.
June 29 -
President Kennedy
chats with
President de Valera
at the US Embassy in
Dublin
before leaving Ireland.
October 4 - Speaking on the nuclear test ban at the
United Nations
in
New York
, the
Minister for External Affairs
,
Frank Aiken
, calls for an end to all nuclear weapons.
October 16 -
Taoiseach
Seán Lemass
is greeted by
President
John F. Kennedy
at the
White House
where he inspects a guard of honour.
November 1 -
Domhnall Ua Buachalla
, the last
Governor-General of the Irish Free State
, is buried in
Dublin
.
November 7 -
The Beatles
arrive in
Dublin
for a concert in the Adelphi Cinema.
November 22 -
President de Valera
addresses the nation on the
death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
.
November 24 -
President de Valera
leaves for the
funeral of President Kennedy
. He is accompanied by cadets who have been invited by
Jacqueline Kennedy
to form a guard of honour.
Arts and literature
Sports
Shelbourne
win the
FAI Cup
.
Births
3 March —
Conor Lenihan
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
for
Dublin South West
and Minister of State
19 March — Mark Dearey, businessman and
Green Party
councillor in
Dundalk
26 March —
Paul Doolin
, soccer player
29 March —
Pat Gallagher
, former
Irish
Labour Party
politician
3 April —
Ciaran Cuffe
,
Green Party
TD
for
Dún Laoghaire
4 April —
Graham Norton
, actor, comedian and television presenter
1 June —
Michael Creed
,
Fine Gael
TD
for
Cork North West
3 June —
Lucy Grealy
, poet and memoirist (d.
2002
)
13 June —
Larry Tompkins
,
Kildare
and
Cork
Gaelic footballer
August 22 —
Terry McHugh
, javelin thrower
31 August —
Todd Carty
, actor
10 September —
Marian Keyes
, novelist
25 September —
Niall Cahalane
,
Cork
Gaelic footballer
9 November —
Kieran O'Regan
, soccer player
Full date unknown
Pat Boran
, poet.
Margaret Cox
, former
Fianna Fáil
Senator
.
Joe Dooley
,
Offaly
hurler, manager.
Tony Keady
,
Galway
hurler.
Tomás Mulcahy
,
Cork
hurler.
Tony O'Sullivan
,
Cork
hurler.
Eamon Ryan
,
Green Party
TD
for
Dublin South
and
Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
.
Bryan Smyth
, singer, actor and television presenter.
Liam Walsh
, former
Kilkenny
hurler.
Deaths
January to June
1 February -
John Cardinal D'Alton
,
Archbishop of Armagh
and
Primate of All Ireland
from 1946 to 1963 (b.
1882
).
3 March -
Brian O'Higgins
,
Sinn Féin
MP
and President (b.
1882
).
16 May -
Patrick Little
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
and Cabinet Minister (b.
1884
).
31 May -
Seán O'Hegarty
,
Irish Republican Army
member during the
Irish War of Independence
(b.
1881
).
12 June -
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
,
British
admiral
of the
Second World War
and
First Sea Lord
(d.
1883
).
June 21 —
Carlos O'Connell
, Irish decathlete
23 June -
George C. Bennett
,
Cumann na nGaedhael
TD
, later joined
Fine Gael
and
Seanad Éireann
member (b.
1877
).
July to December
11 October -
John Galvin
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
(b.
1907
).
30 October -
Hugh O'Flaherty
,
Catholic
priest
, saved about 4,000 Allied soldiers and
Jews
in the
Vatican
during
World War II
(b.
1898
).
30 October -
Domhnall Ua Buachalla
, member of
1st Dáil
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
, last
Governor-General of the Irish Free State
(b.
1866
).
2 November -
Daniel Mannix
,
Catholic
clergyman,
Archbishop of Melbourne
for 46 years (b.
1864
).
22 November -
C. S. Lewis
, novelist and author of
The Chronicles of Narnia
(b.
1898
).
November
-
Patrick MacGill
, journalist, poet and novelist (b.
1889
).
4 December -
William Norton
,
Labour Party (Ireland)
leader,
TD
and Cabinet Minister (b.
1900
).
15 December -
Oscar Traynor
,
Fianna Fáil
politician (b.
1886
).
December
-
Andy Kennedy
, footballer (b.
1897
).
Full date unknown
Joseph Brennan
, civil servant and
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland
(b.
1887
).
Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy
, peer (b.
1885
).
Padraig O'Keeffe
, fiddle player (b.
1887
).
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