1956 in Ireland
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See also: 1955 in Ireland, other events of 1956, 1957 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- February 15 - Senator Owen Sheehy-Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.
- April 2 - President Seán T. O'Kelly unveils a bust of Countess Markiewicz in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.
- May 1 - The Minister for Education Richard Mulcahy introduces the debate on a separate government department for the Gaeltacht.
- May 21 - President Seán T. O'Kelly opens the first Cork International Film Festival.
- May 29 - T. K. Whitaker is appointed new Secretary at the Department of Finance.
- August 12 - The Gaelic Athletic Association 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 Delany wins Ireland's first gold medal for 24 years.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: St Patrick's Athletic
- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3 - 2 Cork Athletic.
[edit] Births
- 13 February - Liam Brady, international soccer player.
- 29 April - Kevin Moran, Gaelic footballer and soccer player.
- 4 May - Steve Barron, film director and producer.
- 9 May - Brendan Howlin, national teacher, Labour Party Teachta Dála for Wexford and former Cabinet Minister.
- 15 May - Pat Byrne, soccer player and manager.
- 21 May - Seán Kelly, cyclist and broadcaster.
- 24 May - Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher.
- 28 May - John O'Donoghue, Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South and Cabinet Minister.
- 4 June - Gerry Ryan, RTE radio presenter.
- 7 June - Marty Whelan, RTE radio and television presenter.
- 10 July - Frank Stapleton, soccer player and manager.
- July - Liz O'Donnell, Deputy Leader of the Progressive Democrats, former TD and Minister of State.
- John Allen, Cork hurler and manager.
- Marita Conlon-McKenna, children's writer.
- Dorothy Cross, sculptor and installation artist.
- Joe Duffy, radio presenter.
- Mary Kennedy, television presenter.
- Alice Maher, painter and sculptor.
- Cathal Ó Searcaigh, poet.
- Fran Rooney, businessman.
[edit] Deaths
- 30 January - Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet, barrister, member of Seanad (b.1873).
- 21 February - Louis Meldon, cricketer (b.1886).
- 13 March - Alfred Byrne, Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an MP in the British House of Commons and as a TD in Dáil Éireann (b.1882).
- 18 March - Benjamin Glazer, Academy Award-winning writer, producer and director (b.1887).
- 24 March - Bob Lambert, cricketer (b.1874).
- 5 August - John Miller Andrews, second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1871).
- 19 November - Tomás Ó Deirg, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1897).
- 27 December - Lambert McKenna, Jesuit priest and writer (b.1870).
- James Cousins, poet and writer (b.1873).
