1958 in Ireland

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sports
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

February 6 – Dublin's Liam Whelan are among the dead when a plane carrying the Manchester United team crashes in Munich.
March 18 – An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland on wider economic co-operation.
March 20 – Work begins on the £80,000 restoration of the State rooms at Dublin Castle.
May 10 – The Independent TD, John Murphy, resigns in protest at the indifference of the main political parties to the plight of the unemployed.
May 12 – Ardmore Studios is opened by Sean Lemass.
May 22 – The Minister for Education, Jack Lynch, tells the Dáil that the ruling requiring women teachers to retire on mariage is to be revoked.
July 25 – £100 damages are awarded to a nine-year old who was beaten by his teacher in a national school.
July 28 – The Carlisle Monument, an eight foot bronze statue, in the Phoenix Park is blown up in the early hours.
August 6 – Australian athlete Herb Elliot shatters the world record for the mile at Santry Stadium, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
August 8 – The US Embassy in Merrion Square displays plans for a new embassy in Dublin.
September 8 – Pan Am's Boeing 707 becomes the first jetliner to touch down on European soil at Shannon Airport.
October 29 – The government announces that the ending of the proportional representation method of voting is to be put to the people in a referendum.
November 4 – In the Vatican, An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera attends the four-hour coronation of Pope John XXIII.
November 12 – Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy is banned by the Censorship of Publications Board.

1958 in Ireland

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