1962 in Ireland

Events

March 13 – Irish artists leave Dublin Airport for the Congo to entertain United Nations troops there.
March 17 – President and Mrs. de Valera have a private audience with Pope John XIII in Rome.
April 5 – A final train is run on the west Cork railway.
May 8 – Irish troops leave for a peace-keeping mission in the Congo.
July 6 – Gay Byrne presents the very first edition of the Late Late Show.
July 13 – Secretary General of the United Nations U Thant arrives in Dublin. He pays tribute to Irish soldiers who fought in the Congo.
August 21 – Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Belfast on a four-day visit of Ireland.
November 13 – Aer Lingus air hostesses receive new uniforms. The colours are fern-green and St. Patricks blue.