1951 in Ireland
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See also: 1950 in Ireland, other events of 1951, 1952 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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[edit] Events
- February 2 - Eamon de Valera visits Newry for the first time since his arrest there in 1924.
- April 11 - Minister for Health Dr. Noel Browne resigns and his Mother and Child Scheme is overturned.
- April 19 - The Northern Ireland Attorney-General, Ed Warnock, referring to the Noel Browne's resignation, says that Ireland is really ruled by Maynooth.
- May 24 - Gardaí exchange shots with two men after they throw a bomb at the British Embassy in Dublin.
- June 8 - Jack Doyle defeats America's 'Beer Baron' Two-Ton Tony Gelanto at Tolka Park.
- June 10 - Justice George Gavan Duffy, one of the signatories of the Treaty in 1921, dies in Dublin.
- June 13 - Eamon de Valera becomes Taoiseach with one of the smallest majorities on record 74-69.
- July 1 - An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera pays his first visit to Derry in 25 years.
- July 18 - The Abbey Theatre in Dublin is burnt to the ground.
- November 15 - The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded jointly to Professor Ernest Walton of Trinity College Dublin and Sir John Cockcroft.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
- February 4 - Patrick Bergin, actor.
- March 25 - Gerard Murphy, Fine Gael Teachta Dála representing Cork North West
- April 24 - Enda Kenny, current leader of Fine Gael.
- May 1 - Michael McDowell, senior counsel, Progressive Democrats Teachta Dála representing Dublin South East, Cabinet Minister, former Attorney-General
- June 27 - Mary McAleese, eighth President of Ireland.
- August 30 - Dana Rosemary Scallon, Eurovision Song Contest winner and former MEP.
- September 12 - Bertie Ahern, current Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil.
- October 5 - Bob Geldof, singer, songwriter and humanitarian.
- December 30 - Gay Mitchell, Teachta Dála representing Dublin South Central, Member of the European Parliament for Dublin
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 - George Gavan Duffy, barrister-at-law, Sinn Féin member of 1st Dáil, (Pro Treaty)
- March 18 - Thomas Foran, trade union official, continuous membership of the Seanad from 1922 to 1948.
- March 26 - James Geoghegan, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála representing Longford Westmeath from 1927 to 1937, former Minister for Justice, Attorney-General and Justice of the Supreme Court
- August 17 - Joseph Warwick Bigger, professor, member of the Dublin University panel in the Seanad from 1944 to 1951
