1964 in Ireland

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Events

• January 3 – Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive in Ireland for a seven-day visit.
• January 28 – Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry to demand rehousing.^[1]
• February 21 – The new Garda Síochána training centre is opened in Templemore, County Tipperary.
• March 16 – Seán Lemass arrives in London to make an official launch of "Ireland Week".
• March 21 – Brendan Behan's funeral takes place in Dublin.
• May 23 – President Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach Seán Lemass and Tánaiste Seán MacEntee attend the official opening of the US Embassy in Dublin.
• May 26 – The Fine Gael parliamentary party approves Declan Costello's Just Society programme.
• June 1 – Jill, a two-year-old elephant, arrives at Dublin Airport from India, heading for a new home at Dublin Zoo.
• September 5 – Taoiseach Seán Lemass attends celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.
• September 19 – Dublin's Abbey Theatre closes in mourning for playwright Seán O'Casey who has died.
• New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
• The death penalty is abolished for all but the murder of gardaí, diplomats and prison officers.

Arts and literature

• Brian Friel writes the play Philadelphia, Here I Come!

Sports

• In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Shelbourne were drawn against Portuguese side Belenenses and after two drawn games won the replay 2-1. Facing Atlético Madrid in the second round, they were beaten 1-0 in both legs.

Births

January to June

• 21 February – Keith Bailey, cricketer.
• 4 March – Brian Crowley, Fianna Fáil Member of the European Parliament representing Ireland South.
• April – Ger FitzGerald, Cork hurler.
• 6 May – John Gill, soccer player and manager.
• 26 May – Caitlín R. Kiernan, writer.
• 1 June – Alan Lewis, former cricketer, rugby referee.
• 13 June – Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Ireland) TD representing Cork South–Central.
• 26 June – Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel, peer.

July to December

• 21 July – Steve Collins, boxer.
• 31 July – Jim Corr, guitarist with The Corrs.
• 31 July – Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South–Central and Chief Whip.
• 20 August – Declan Geoghegan, soccer player.
• 1 September – Ray D'Arcy, radio and television broadcaster.
• 5 September – Liam O'Brien, soccer player.
• 28 September – Brendan Kelly, actor.
• 31 October – Colm Ó Cíosóig, drummer.
• 7 November – Liam Ó Maonlaí, musician.
• 29 November – Tony Davis, Cork Gaelic footballer.

Full date unknown

• Paul Bradford, Fine Gael Seanad Éireann member.
• Marina Carr, playwright.
• Michael Collins, novelist.
• Mick Deegan, Dublin Gaelic footballer and manager.
• Pete Finnerty, Galway hurler.
• Teddy McCarthy, Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler.
• Martin Naughton, Galway hurler.
• Eddie O'Connor, former Kilkenny hurler.
• Colm O'Neill, Cork Gaelic footballer.
• Derek Turner, journalist.
• Paul Williams, journalist and writer.

Deaths

• 9 March – Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Thiepval, France (b.1894).
• 20 March – Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright (b.1923).
• 29 April – J. M. Kerrigan, actor (b.1884).
• 18 September – Seán O'Casey, dramatist and memoirist (b.1880).
• 27 September – Michael Donnellan, founder of Clann na Talmhan and TD (b.1900).
• 24 November – William O'Dwyer, judge, District Attorney and 100th Mayor of New York City (b.1890).
• November – Percy Redfern Creed, soldier, sportsman and writer (b.1874).
• 31 December – Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Fianna Fáil Senator (b.1878).

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