1968 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- January 8 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.
- March 10 - Minister for Education Donagh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning in County Clare.
- March 17 - A seat to commemorate the poet Patrick Kavanagh is unveiled alongside the Grand Canal in Dublin.
- March 24 - An Aer Lingus aircraft, St Phelim, plunges into the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock killing all 57 passengers.
- May 29 - President de Valera opens the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in New Ross, County Wexford.
- June 6 - Ireland mourns the loss of Senator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated. Dáil Éireann pays tribute and a book of condolence is opened.
- September 18 - George Best is the star atrraction as Manchester United beat Waterford City 3-1 at Lansdowne Road.
- October 5 - Police in Derry baton-charge a Northern Ireland civil rights march.
- October 8 - 20 new traffic wardens are introduced on Dublin's streets.
- October 25 - the New University of Ulster is opened in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
- December 13 - According to the Economic and Social Research Institute 60% of undergraduates in this country will emigrate on graduation.
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[edit] Sports
- Tony Dunne and George Best become the first Irish footballers to pick up European Cup winners medals as Manchester United defeat Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium.
[edit] Births
- 12 January - Michael Moynihan, Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West.
- 15 January - Tom Murphy, actor (d.2007.
- 19 January - Fiona O'Malley, former Progressive Democrats TD, Senator.
- 23 January - Simon Cumbers, journalist murdered in Saudi Arabia (d.2004).
- 24 March - Conor Hoey, cricketer.
- 26 March - Nick Sweeney, discus thrower.
- 31 May - John Connolly, novelist.
- 7 June - Robbie Horgan, soccer player.
- 28 July - Eoin Collins, tennis player.
- 23 October - Eddie Gormley, soccer player and manager.
- 24 October - Tom McEllistrim III, Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry North.
- 12 November - Sharon Shannon, accordion player and musician.
- 20 December - Paul Gogarty, Green Party politician and former TD.
- 27 November - Cecilia Keaveney, former Independent Fianna Fáil TD, Senator.
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- Patrick Chapman, poet and screenwriter.
- Fergus Feehily, artist.
- Graham Linehan, television writer and director.
- Kieran McGuckin, Cork hurler.
- David McWilliams, economist and broadcaster.
- Justin Quinn, poet and literary critic.
- TS O'Rourke, writer.
- Colin Teevan, playwright, radio dramatist, translator and academic.
[edit] Deaths
- 1 January - Donagh MacDonagh, writer and judge (b.1912).
- 8 February - Louise McIlroy, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine for Women (b.1874).
- 10 March - Donagh O'Malley, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1921).
- 11 September - Denis McCullough, Irish Volunteers and elected to the 4th Dáil Éireann (b.1883).
- 31 October - William X. O'Brien, politician and trade unionist (b.1881).
- 2 November - Don Davern, Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South from 1965 until his death (b.1935).
- 7 November - Margaret M. Pearse, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad Éireann member, sister of Patrick Pearse (b.1878).
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- William Conor, artist (b.1881).
- Harry Duggan, soccer player (b.1903).
- William John Leech, painter (b.1881).
