1968 in Ireland

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sports 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 References

Events

• 8 January - Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.^[1]
• 10 March - Minister for Education Donogh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning in County Clare.
• 17 March - A seat to commemorate the poet Patrick Kavanagh is unveiled alongside the Grand Canal in Dublin.
• 24 March - An Aer Lingus aircraft, St Phelim, plunges into the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock killing all 57 passengers.
• 29 May - President Éamon de Valera opens the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in New Ross, County Wexford.
• 6 June - Ireland mourns the loss of Senator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated. Dáil Éireann pays tribute and a book of condolence is opened.
• 18 September - George Best is the star attraction as Manchester United beat Waterford City 3-1 at Lansdowne Road.
• 5 October - Police in Derry baton-charge a Northern Ireland civil rights march.
• 8 October - 20 new traffic wardens are introduced on Dublin's streets.
• 16 October - Irish constitutional referendum, 1968
• 25 October - the New University of Ulster is opened in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
• 13 December - According to the Economic and Social Research Institute 60% of undergraduates in this country will emigrate on graduation.

Arts and literature

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.

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.
• 22 May - Graham Linehan, television writer and director
• 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, Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry North.
• 12 November - Sharon Shannon, accordion player and musician.
• 20 December - Paul Gogarty, Green Party TD.
• 27 November - Cecilia Keaveney, former Fianna Fáil TD, Senator.

Full date unknown

• Patrick Chapman, poet and screenwriter.
• Michael Duignan, Offaly hurler and gaelic footballer, manager.
• Fergus Feehily, artist.
• 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.

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 - Donogh O'Malley, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1921).
• 24 March - Gladys Wynne, artist (b.1876).
• 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 Mary Pearse, Fianna Fáil TD and Seanad Éireann member, sister of Patrick Pearse (b.1878).

Full date unknown

• Eamon Bulfin, Irish republican (b.1892).
• William Conor, artist (b.1881).
• Harry Duggan, soccer player (b.1903).
• William John Leech, painter (b.1881).

References