1954 in Ireland

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January 11 - The Irish Council of the European Movement is formed in Dublin.
January 19 - The government announces that the new Cork Airport will be built at Ballygarvan, four miles south of the city.
February 19 - Captain Henry Harrison, the last surviving member of the party led by Charles Stewart Parnell, dies aged 87.
April 20 - Michael Manning, aged 25, is executed in Mountjoy Prison. he is the last person to be judicially executed in the State.
May 5 - At its headquarters in Kingsbridge, CIÉ signs a £4.75 million contract to replace its steam trains with diesel locomotives.
May 16 - 30,000 march through Dublin city in a huge Marian Year procession. It is the city's greatest display of Catholic faith since the International Eucharistic Congress since 1932.
May 18 - Fianna Fáil lose four seats in the general election. The second inter-party government under John A. Costello comes to power.
June 28 - Alfie Byrne is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the tenth time.
July 5 - Dublin Corporation decides that Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street will not be removed.
September 5 - 27 people die when KLM Flight 633 plane crashes two minutes after leaving Shannon Airport.
October 16 - A marble plaque is unveiled at Westland Row, Dublin to mark the centenary of the birth of Oscar Wilde.

May 20 - Roger Sweetman, barrister-at-law, member of 1st Dáil representing Wexford North
September 16 - James Douglas, company director, member of the 1922 Seanad
October 21 - Thomas V Honan, merchant, Fianna Fáil member of the Seanad from 1934 to 1954