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

