1953 in Ireland

Events

January 18 – Sinn Féin decides to contest all 12 constituencies in the next Westminster election.
March 15 – Up to 10,000 civil servants march down O'Connell Street, Dublin demanding a just wage.
March 16 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. asks the American Congress to favour a United Ireland.
April 27 – Maud Gonne MacBride dies at her home in Dublin aged 88.
June 3 – 500 unemployed men march at Kildare Street demanding employment not dole.
July 6 – 1,000 unemployed people sit on O'Connell Bridge for 15 minutes in protest.
August 2 – Murlough Bay in the Antrim Glens is chosen as the future grave of Roger Casement. An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera calls for the return of his remains.
August 29 – Kilmainham Gaol is to be preserved as a national monument.
September 21 – The Irish Ploughing Team leaves Dublin for the World Ploughing Championships in Canada.
October 28 – Three of Dáil Éireann's Independent TDs become members of Fianna Fáil.
December 18 – The Censorship Board bans almost 100 publications on the grounds that they are indecent or obscene.

March 1 – Richard Bruton, Deputy-Leader of Fine Gael and former Cabinet Minister.
March 11 – Mary Harney, current Tánaiste and leader of the Progressive Democrats.
May 16 – Pierce Brosnan, actor.
May 30 – Colm Meaney, actor.
July 29 – Frank McGuinness, playwright and poet.