1967 in Ireland
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Events in the year 1967 in Ireland.
Incumbents
- President: Éamon de Valera
- Taoiseach: Jack Lynch (FF)
- Tánaiste: Frank Aiken (FF)
- Minister for Finance: Charles Haughey (FF)
- Chief Justice: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
- Dáil: 18th
- Seanad: 11th
Events
- 9 January – Demonstrations by the National Farmers' Association caused major chaos when farm machinery blocked many roads.
- 4 April – The Fianna Fáil party made a presentation[clarification needed] to former Taoiseach Seán Lemass.
- 18 April – The Minister for Education, Donogh O'Malley, revealed his plan for a single multi-denominational University of Dublin. This would combine University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. The plan was not enacted.
- 30 June –
- 1 July – Jacqueline Kennedy attended the Curragh with the Taoiseach and his wife.[1]
- 4 August – Senator Margaret Mary Pearse, sister of Patrick Pearse and Willie Pearse, the executed 1916 leaders, was 89 today. She was greeted by President de Valera.
- 4 September – Ireland's free post-primary school transport scheme began. The CIÉ transport company brought 38,000 students to 350 schools.
- 4 November – Taoiseach Jack Lynch returned to European Community with President Charles de Gaullein Paris.
- 4 December – The first independent computer[clarification needed] in Ireland began operation at Shannon Airport.
- 11 December – Taoiseach Jack Lynch and
- 22 December – In a pre-Christmas message to Irish people living and working in the UK, Taoiseach Jack Lynch urged them not to return to Ireland for Christmas because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK.[5]
- 29 December – The Minister for Labour, Patrick Hillery, announced details of a new redundancy payments scheme which took effect from New Year's Day.
- Unknown - The Galtee Meats company was founded.
Arts and literature
- 17 September – British rock band Pink Floyd performed their only concert in Ireland at the Arcadia Ballroom in Cork.[6]
- 29 September – The Focus Theatre in Dublin opened its doors for the first time.
- 2 December – Poet Patrick Kavanagh was buried in his native Inniskeen, County Monaghan.
- The Censorship of Publications Act provided that prohibition orders made on the grounds of indecency or obscenity would expire after twelve years.
- The New Writers Press was founded by poets Michael Smith and Trevor Joyce with Smith's wife Irene in Dublin to publish poetry.
- Eavan Boland's poems New Territory were published.
- John Montague's poems A Chosen Light were published.
- Flann O'Brien's novel, The Third Policeman (written 1939–40), was published posthumously in London.[7]
- Edward Delaney's bronze statue Wolfe Tone was completed.
- The Project Arts Centre was founded in Dublin.
Sport
- 19 November – Jimmy O'Connor scored the world's fastest ever hat-trick in a first-class association football match when he scored three goals in 2 minutes and 13 seconds (some sources dispute this, and claim the actual time was 2 minutes and 14 seconds) for Shelbourne F.C. against Bohemian F.C. in a League of Ireland match at Dalymount Park.[citation needed]
Births
- 12 January – Gary Kirby, Limerick hurler.
- 22 January – Eleanor McEvoy, singer songwriter.
- 6 February – Susan McKeown, folk singer.
- 1 March
- Justin Benson, cricketer.
- Ann Gallagher, Labour Party politician.
- 14 March – Willie O'Connor, Kilkenny hurler.
- 16 March – Terry Phelan, footballer born in England of Irish descent
- 17 March – Angus Dunlop, cricketer.
- 3 April – Liam Twomey, doctor, Fine Gael party Teachta Dála (TD), Senator.
- 20 April – Alan McLoughlin, footballer born in England of Irish descent (died 2021).
- 25 April – Alan Kernaghan, footballer born in England of Irish descent.
- 6 May –John Fitzgibbon, Cork hurler.
- 16 May – Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil politician, TD for Dún Laoghaire.
- 19 May – Geraldine Somerville, actress.
- 26 May – Philip Treacy, hat designer.
- July – Anne Marie Forrest, author.
- 6 July – Mark Foley, Cork hurler.
- 4 September – Cathal Casey, Cork hurler.
- 12 September – Kieran McGuckin, Cork hurler.
- 15 October
- Lawrence Roche, road racing cyclist.
- Don Wycherley, actor
- 13 December – Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinary surgeon.
- Full date unknown
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- Tina Kellegher, actress
- Brian Smyth, painter.
- Enda Walsh, playwright.
Deaths
- 1 January – Séamus Burke, Sinn Féin party TD, a founder-member of the Cumann na nGaedheal party and later Fine Gael party (born 1893).
- 28 January – Helena Molony, fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and first woman president of the Irish Trades Union Congress (born 1884).
- 10 March – Ina Boyle, composer (born 1889).
- 16 March – Thomas MacGreevy, poet and director of the National Gallery of Ireland (born 1893).
- 12 April – Sam English, association football player (born 1908).
- 22 April – Walter Macken, novelist, dramatist and actor (born 1915).
- 4 August – Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, peer and soldier (born 1888).
- 14 September – Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, businessman, politician and philanthropist, Chancellor of the University of Dublin(born 1874).
- November – Edward Richards-Orpen, furniture maker and independent member of Seanad Éireann (born 1884).
- 30 November – Patrick Kavanagh, poet and novelist (born 1904).
- 18 December – James Everett, Labour Party TD, Cabinet minister (born 1894).
- 18 December – Florence O'Donoghue, historian and Irish Republican Army intelligence officer (born 1895).
- 28 December – John Joe O'Reilly, Cumann na nGaedheal party and Fine Gael party TD (born 1881).
- Full date unknown
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- Mary Devenport O'Neill, poet and dramatist (born 1879).
See also
References
- ^ a b "June 30, 1967 - Jacqueline Kennedy in Ireland". Retrieved 11 November 2011 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Jackie's 1950s visits to Ireland recalled in letters to Dublin priest". The Irish Times. Dublin. 14 May 2014.
- ISBN 9780810870451.
- ^ "1939-67: Relative calm before the storm". BBC News. 18 March 1999.
- ^ Burnhill, Eleanor (21 December 2020). "1967: When Irish people answered call not to come home". RTÉ News. RTÉ. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Lyons, Jack (1 January 2018). "Pink Floyd in Cork". Irish Examiner. Cork. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- OCLC 33189239.