1950 in Ireland
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See also: 1949 in Ireland, other events of 1950, 1951 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] 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.
- July 1 -- Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, hiterto British Representative, Republic of Ireland becomes the first British Ambassador to Ireland
- August 11 - At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg Irish representatives vote against Winston Churchill's plan for a European Army.
- November 2 - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, dies aged 94.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Cork Athletic
- Winners: Transport 2 - 2, 2 - 2, 3 - 1 Cork Athletic.
[edit] Gaelic Games
- Mayo are All Ireland Gaelic Football Champions
[edit] Births
- 25 February - Neil Jordan, director, writer and producer.
- 5 March - Patrick Cockburn, journalist.
- 12 May - Gabriel Byrne, actor.
- 22 May - Bill Whelan, composer of Riverdance.
- 1 June - Gemma Craven, actress.
- 23 June - Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West and Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs.
- 29 June - Vere Wynne-Jones, journalist, sports broadcaster.
- 23 August - David Molony, lawyer, former Fine Gael TD and Seanad member (d.2002).
- 26 August - Don Baker, singer songwriter.
- 29 August - Dick Spring, former Tánaiste, leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister.
- 5 September - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, member European Court of Auditors, former Fianna Fáil TD, former Cabinet Minister.
- Dermot Desmond, businessman and entrepreneur.
- Marian Finucane, television presenter.
- Michael Warren, sculptor.
[edit] Deaths
- 10 May - Art O'Connor, Sinn Féin MP, member of 1st Dáil, Cabinet Minister, lawyer and judge (b.1888).
- 11 June - Stephen Lucius Gwynn, journalist, writer, poet and Nationalist politician (b.1864).
- 25 June - Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, writer (b.1904).
- 2 July - George Edward Pugin Meldon, cricketer (b.1875).
- 20 July - Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran, Unionist politician (b.1880).
- 13 September - Sara Allgood, actress (b.1879).
- 2 November - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) (b.1856).
- 9 November - Dermot Lynch, member of 1st Dáil representing Cork South East.
- R. A. Stewart Macalister, archaeologist (b.1870).
