1956 in Ireland

Events

February 15 – Senator Owen Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.
April 2 – President Ó Ceallaigh unveils a bust of Countess Markievicz in st. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
May 1 – The Minister for Education General Mulcahy introduces the debate on a separate government department for the Gaeltacht.
May 21 – President Ó Ceallaigh opens the first Cork International Film Festival.
May 29 – T.K. Whitaker is appointed new Secretary at the Department of Finance.
August 12 – The GAA postpones the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals due to an outbreak of polio.
November 21 – Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children is opened in Crumlin, Dublin.
November 30 – Petrol rationing is due to be introduced from January 1 due to the crisis in the Suez.
December 1 – At the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Ronnie Delaney wins Ireland's first gold medal for 24 years.