1953 in Ireland
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See also: 1952 in Ireland, other events of 1953, 1954 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] 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 support 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 Éamon 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.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Shelbourne
- Winners: Cork Athletic 2 - 2, 2 - 1 Evergreen United.
[edit] Births
- 6 January - Noel Dempsey, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Meath and Cabinet Minister.
- 24 February - Eoin Ryan, Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin and former TD.
- 5 March - Brian Kerr, soccer manager, former Republic of Ireland national side manager.
- 11 March - Derek Daly, motor racing driver.
- 11 March - Mary Harney, former Tánaiste and leader of the Progressive Democrats.
- 15 March - Richard Bruton, Deputy-Leader of Fine Gael, TD for Dublin North Central.
- 28 April - Paul Darragh, showjumper (d.2005).
- 16 May - Pierce Brosnan, actor.
- 30 May - Colm Meaney, actor.
- 18 June - Neil O'Donoghue, American football placekicker.
- 7 July - Jim Glennon, former Fianna Fáil politician and TD.
- 29 July - Frank McGuinness, playwright, translator and poet.
- 19 August - Tom Parlon, President of the IFA (1997 - 2001), Progressive Democrat Teachta Dála representing Laois Offaly.
- 18 September - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, bank official, Sinn Féin Teachta Dála representing Cavan Monaghan.
- 11 November - Jimmy Holmes, soccer player.
- 26 November - Marian Harkin, Member of the European Parliament representing North-West, Independent Teachta Dála representing Sligo Leitrim.
- Dessie Ellis, Sinn Féin councillor in Dublin City Council, former IRA prisoner, first person extradited to the United Kingdom under the 1987 Extradition Act.
- Mary Flaherty, former Fine Gael TD and junior minister.
- Hugo Hamilton, writer.
[edit] Deaths
- 11 February - Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee, Labour MP in the United Kingdom (b.1871).
- 3 June - Philip Graves, journalist and writer (b.1876).
- 14 July - Frank Fahy, Sinn Féin MP and later TD, member of 1st Dáil, Ceann Comhairle, Fianna Fáil TD (b.1880).
- 12 September - James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Unionist politician and first Governor of Northern Ireland (b.1869).
- 30 October - John Counihan, farmer and salesmaster, Independent member of 1922 Seanad.
- 1 November - Thomas F. O'Higgins, Fine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister.
- T. F. O'Rahilly, linguist and Irish language scholar (b.1883).
