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Events
- January 3 – Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive in Ireland for a seven-day visit.
- February 21 – The new Garda Síochána training centre is opened in Templemore, County Tipperary.
- March 16 – Seán Lemass arrives in London to officially launch Ireland Week.
- March 21 – Brendan Behan's funeral takes place in Dublin.
- May 23 – President de Valera, An Taoiseach Seán Lemass and An Tánaiste Seán MacEntee attend the official opening of the US Embassy in Dublin.
- May 26 – The Fine Gael parliamentary party approves Declan Costello's Just Society programme.
- June 1 – Jill, a two-year-old elephant, arrives at Dublin Airport from India. She is headed to a new home at Dublin Zoo.
- September 5 – An Taoiseach Seán Lemass attends celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.
- September 19 – The Abbey Theatre, Dublin closes in mourning for playwright Seán O'Casey who has died.
- New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
- The death penalty is abolished for all but the murder of gardaí, diplomats and prison officers.
Arts and literature
Sports
- In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Shelbourne were drawn against Portuguese side Belenenses and after two drawn games won the replay 2-1. Facing Atlético Madrid in the second round, they were beaten 1-0 in both legs.
Births
January to June
- 21 February – Keith Bailey, cricketer.
- 4 March – Brian Crowley, Fianna Fáil Member of the European Parliament representing Ireland South.
- April – Ger FitzGerald, Cork hurler.
- 6 May – John Gill, soccer player and manager.
- 26 May – Caitlín R. Kiernan, writer.
- 1 June – Alan Lewis, former cricketer, rugby referee.
- 13 June – Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Ireland) TD representing Cork South Central.
- 26 June – Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel, peer.
July to December
- 21 July – Steve Collins, boxer.
- 31 July – Jim Corr, guitarist with The Corrs.
- 31 July – Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South Central and Chief Whip.
- 20 August – Declan Geoghegan, soccer player.
- 1 September – Ray D'Arcy, radio and television broadcaster.
- 5 September – Liam O'Brien, soccer player.
- 28 September – Brendan Kelly, actor.
- 31 October – Colm Ó Cíosóig, drummer.
- 7 November – Liam Ó Maonlaí, musician.
- 29 November – Tony Davis, Cork Gaelic footballer.
Full date unknown
- Paul Bradford, Fine Gael Seanad Éireann member.
- Marina Carr, playwright.
- Michael Collins, novelist.
- Mick Deegan, Dublin Gaelic footballer and manager.
- Pete Finnerty, Galway hurler.
- Teddy McCarthy, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler.
- Martin Naughton, Galway hurler.
- Eddie O'Connor, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Colm O'Neill, Cork Gaelic footballer.
- Derek Turner, journalist.
- Paul Williams, journalist and writer.
Deaths
- 9 March – Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at at Thiepval, France (b.1894).
- 20 March – Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright (b.1923).
- 29 April – J. M. Kerrigan, actor (b.1884).
- 18 September – Seán O'Casey, dramatist and memoirist (b.1880).
- 27 September – Michael Donnellan, founder of Clann na Talmhan and TD (b.1900).
- 24 November – William O'Dwyer, judge, District Attorney and 100th Mayor of New York City (b.1890).
- November – Percy Redfern Creed, soldier, sportsman and writer (b.1874).
- 31 December – Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil TD (b.1878).
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