1958 in Ireland

See also:

1957 in Ireland, other events of 1958, 1959 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.

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

[edit] Events

• February 6 - Dublin's Liam Whelan is among the dead when a plane carrying the Manchester United team crashes in Munich.
• March 18 - An Taoiseach Éamon 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 Seán Lemass.
• May 22 - The Minister for Education, Jack Lynch, tells the Dáil that the ruling requiring women teachers to retire on marriage 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 Elliott 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 Éamon 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.
• December 31 - The Harcourt Street Line, a railway service serving Dundrum, Foxrock and points to Bray closes

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sports

• Football World Cup

• Group stage

• Northern Ireland 1-1 Czechoslovakia
• Northern Ireland 1-1 Argentina
• Northern Ireland 1-1 West Germany

Northern Ireland enter group play off stage the World Cup

• Northern Ireland 2-1 Czechoslovakia AET

Northern Ireland qualify for the quarter final stage of the World Cup

• Northern Ireland 0-4 France

Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup

The Republic of Ireland did not qualify for the 1958 world cup

[edit] Births

• 30 April - James Hewitt, soldier and lover of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
• 6 May - Ivor Callely, Fianna Fáil politician, member of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, former TD and Minister of State.
• 8 May - Roddy Doyle, novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.
• 2 June - John Buckley, Cork hurler.
• 5 July - Veronica Guerin, journalist, murdered by drug dealers (d.1996).
• 10 July - Fiona Shaw, actress.
• 18 September - John Aldridge, former Irish international soccer player.
• 11 November - John Devine, soccer player.
• Synan Braddish, soccer player.
• Michael Flatley, dancer.
• Fintan O'Toole, journalist and drama critic.
• Paul Woodfull, writer, actor, comedian and musician.

[edit] Deaths

• 1 January - Richard Hayes, medical doctor, historian and film censor, member of 1st Dáil.
• 24 March - Seamus O'Sullivan, poet and editor (b.1879).
• 29 March - Jimmy Archer, Major League baseball player (b.1883).
• 6 July - John Lymbrick Esmonde, soldier, Fine Gael TD (b.1893).
• 13 August - James Lennon, member of 1st Dáil representing Carlow.
• 24 August - Paul Henry, artist (b.1876).
• 15 October - Lennox Robinson, dramatist, poet and theatre director and producer (b.1886).
• 2 December - Alan McKibbin, businessman and Ulster Unionist Party MP (b.1892).
• 19 December - Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran, Anglo-Irish peer and soldier (b.1868).
• Dorothy Macardle, author and historian (b.1899).
• Peig Sayers, writer and seanachaí (b.1873).