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Events - 6 February - Dublin's Liam Whelan is among the dead when a plane carrying the Manchester United F.C. team crashes in Munich.
- 18 March - Taoiseach amon de Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland on wider economic co-operation.
- 20 March - Work begins on the 80,000 restoration of the State rooms at Dublin Castle.
- 10 May - The Independent TD, Jack Murphy, resigns in protest at the indifference of the main political parties to the plight of the unemployed.
- 12 May - Ardmore Studios opened by Se n Lemass.
- 22 May - The Minister for Education, Jack Lynch, tells the D il that the ruling requiring women teachers to retire on marriage is to be revoked.
- 25 July - 100 damages are awarded to a nine-year old who was beaten by his teacher in a national school.
- 28 July - The Carlisle Monument, an eight foot bronze statue in the Phoenix Park, is blown up in the early hours.
- 6 August - Australian athlete Herb Elliott shatters the world record for the mile at Santry Stadium, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
- 8 August - The US Embassy in Merrion Square displays plans for a new embassy in Dublin.
- 8 September - Pan Am's Boeing 707 becomes the first jetliner to touch down on European soil at Shannon Airport.
- 1 October - Assets and management of the Great Northern Railway are divided between C ras Iompair ireann and the Ulster Transport Authority.
- 29 October - The government announces that the ending of the proportional representation method of voting is to be put to the people in a referendum.
- 4 November - In the Vatican, Taoiseach amon de Valera attends the four-hour coronation of Pope John XXIII.
- 31 December - The Harcourt Street railway line, serving Dundrum, Foxrock and points to Bray, closes
Arts and literature Sports Births January to June - 1 January - Liam Fennelly, former Kilkenny hurler.
- 1 February - Se n Fleming, Fianna F il TD for Laois Offaly.
- 19 April - Denis O'Brien, entrepreneur.
- 30 April - James Hewitt, soldier and lover of Diana, Princess of Wales.
- 6 May - Tommy Byrne, former motor racing driver.
- 6 May - Ivor Callely, Fianna F il politician, member of the 23rd Seanad ireann, former TD and Minister of State.
- 8 May - Roddy Doyle, novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.
- 11 May - Conor Hayes, Galway hurler and manager.
- 2 June - John Buckley, former Cork hurler.
July to December Full date unknown - Synan Braddish, soccer player.
- Michael Flatley, dancer.
- Aidan Fogarty, Offaly hurler.
- Noel Hill, concertina player.
- Michael Lyster, RT sports broadcaster.
- Fintan O'Toole, journalist and drama critic.
- Paddy Prendergast, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Niall Williams, writer.
- Paul Woodfull, writer, actor, comedian and musician.
Deaths - 1 January - Richard Hayes, doctor and Sinn F in MP.
- 17 January - Michael Donohoe, Democrat U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (born 1864).
- 24 March - Seamus O'Sullivan, poet and editor (born 1879).
- 29 March - Jimmy Archer, Major League baseball player (born 1883).
- 6 July - John Lymbrick Esmonde, soldier, Fine Gael TD (born 1893).
- 13 August - James Lennon, member of 1st D il representing the County Carlow constituency.
- 24 August - Paul Henry, artist (born 1876).
- 15 October - Lennox Robinson, dramatist, poet and theatre director and producer (born 1886).
- 2 December - Alan McKibbin, businessman and Ulster Unionist Party MP (born 1892).
- 19 December - Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and soldier (born 1868).
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