1964 in Ireland
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See also:
1964 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 1964
List of years in Ireland
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
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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