1950 in Ireland
See also: 1949 in Ireland, other events of 1950, 1951 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- March 12 – 83 people die when a plane carrying rugby fans home from Belfast crashes in Wales.
- May 12 – Nationalist Senators and MPs in Northern Ireland ask the government of the Republic to give Northern-elected representatives seats in the Dáil and Seanad.
- August 11 – At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembley in Strasbourg Irish representatives vote agains Winston Churchill's plan for a European Army.
- November 2 – George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, dies aged 94.
Arts and literature
Sports
Births
- February 25 – Neil Jordan, director, writer and producer.
- May 12 – Gabriel Byrne, actor.
- May 23 – Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator.
- August 29 – Dick Spring, former Tánaiste, leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister.
- September 5 – Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
Deaths
- November 2 – George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature..
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