1955 in Ireland

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This article list notable things that happened in Ireland in 1955.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sports 3.1 Football 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Events

• January 6 - 1,200 people meet in Dublin to form the National Farmers' Association.
• January 14 - Tony O'Reilly is named in the Irish rugby squad for his first cap in an international against France.
• July 4 - Denis Larkin is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin defeating 73-year old Alfie Byrne.
• November 29 - Bord na gCon is to be set up under the Greyhound Industry Bill published today.
• December 12 - Cork Opera House at Emmet Palace is destroyed by fire.
• December 14 - Ireland is admitted to the United Nations.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sports

[edit] Football

• League of Ireland

Winners: St Patrick's Athletic

• FAI Cup

Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Drumcondra.

[edit] Births

• 15 January - Paddy Burke, Fine Gael Senator.
• 18 January - Fergus Martin, artist.
• 2 February - Dermot Ahern, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Louth and Cabinet Minister.
• 15 March - John J. McGuinness, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny.
• 27 March - Patrick McCabe, novelist.
• 29 March - Brendan Gleeson, actor.
• 1 April - Bobby Aylward, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny.
• 1 April - Joe O'Reilly, former Fine Gael Senator.
• 24 April - Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party TD representing Dún Laoghaire, leader of the Labour Party (Ireland).
• 28 April - Mae Sexton, former Progressive Democrats TD.
• 16 May - Páidí Ó Sé, former Kerry Gaelic footballer and manager.
• 22 May - Mary Black, singer.
• 5 July - Sebastian Barry, playwright, novelist and poet.
• 20 July - Jem Finer, musician and composer.
• 1 December - Pat Spillane, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.

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• John Callinan, former Clare hurler.
• Kevin Fennelly, former Kilkenny hurler.
• Mick Holden, former Gaelic footballer and hurler (d.2007).
• Peter Wyse Jackson, Director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin.
• Pat Loughrey, former Controller of BBC Northern Ireland, Director of BBC Nations and Regions.
• Sean Power, Member of the States of Jersey.
• Colm Tóibín, novelist and critic.
• William Wall, novelist, poet and short story writer.

[edit] Deaths

• 12 February - Thomas J. Moore, actor (b.1883).
• 26 March - Thomas Farren, nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934, member of the Labour Party.
• 4 May Michael P Colivet, manager Shannon Foundry, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), representing Limerick.
• 14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (b.1885).
• 16 June - Stanislaus Joyce, scholar and writer, brother of James Joyce, (b.1884).
• 11 July - Frank Duffy, labour leader in America (b.1861).
• 15 July - James Nicholas Dolan, merchant, member of 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing Leitrim.
• 18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (b.1894).
• 26 October - Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Siochana (b.1885).

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• Evie Hone, painter and stained glass artist (b.1894).
• Moira O'Neill, poet (b.1864).