1966 in Ireland

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Decades:	1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s
Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1966 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1966 List of years in Ireland

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2 Arts and literature
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4 Births
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February 13 - The Bishop of Clonfert protests over the content of The Late Late Show. The bishop took exception when a woman told the host Gay Byrne that she didn't wear a nightie on her wedding night.
March 6 - A memorial is to be opened at Kilmichael, County Cork to commemorate the 1920 ambush there.
March 8 - Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street is blown up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
March 31 - The Tricolour flag flown over the GPO in 1916 is handed back by the British to An Taoiseach Seán Lemass in London.
April 10 - Celebrations take place to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Nine hundred 1916 survivors hear the reading of the Proclamation. President de Valera takes the salute at a military parade.
April 11 - President de Valera opens the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin's Parnell Square.
April 17 - In Belfast the Easter Rising is commemorated by large republican parades.
June 2 - Éamon de Valera is re-elected President of Ireland. He defeats Tom O'Higgins by 10,500, less than 1% of the vote.
June 25 - President de Valera is inaugurated for a second term.
July 7 - The Minister for Education, Donagh O'Malley, announces details of his free secondary education scheme.
July 18 - Exactly fifteen years after being burned down the new Abbey Theatre opens.
October 21 - An anti-apartheid demonstration takes place outside the National stadium as the South African Amateur Boxing Team visit.
November 8 - Tributes are paid to Seán Lemass who announces his resignation as Taoiseach.
November 10 - The new Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, and his ministers receive their seals of office from President de Valera at Áras an Uachtaráin.
November 25 - The body of Seán T. O'Kelly, Second President of Ireland, lies in state at the Pro-Cathedral.

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Foundation of Allied Irish Banks Limited (later Allied Irish Banks PLC). AIB acquired three Irish banks The Munster & Leinster Bank Limited, The Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited and The Royal Bank of Ireland Limited.