1960 in Ireland

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Events

13 January - The Broadcasting Authority Bill proposes to establish an authority to provide a national television service.
16 January - The last regular ship on the Cork–Glasgow crossing runs, ending a 103-year-old service.
3 February - Irish candidate Frederick Henry Boland receives the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
17 February - The Television Bill passes its final stage in Seanad Éireann.
8 March - MV Plassy is wrecked off the coast of Inisheer, Aran Islands.
27 May - The last barge on the Grand Canal leaves Dublin carrying Guinness to Limerick, ending a 156-year-old service.
1 June - Radio Éireann is transferred from direct control of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to a separate public authority.
8 November - Nine Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations are killed in the Congo.
22 November - The nation mourns as the funerals take place of the soldiers killed in the Congo.

5 February - The film of Mise Éire (1959), made by George Morrison with music by Seán Ó Riada for Gael Linn, has its Dublin premiere at the Regal Cinema following a 27 January Gaeltacht premiere at Gweedore, the first feature-length Irish language film on general release.^[1]
23 August - Samuel Beckett's play The Old Tune (a translation of Pinget’s La Manivelle into a Dublin setting) is first broadcast, by the BBC.
Patrick Kavanagh's poetry Come Dance with Kitty Stobling is published.^[2]
Edna O'Brien's novel The Country Girls is published; it is prohibited in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board.
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc's novel Murder in Three Moves is published.

6 January - Miriam O'Callaghan, television presenter.
10 January - Brian Cowen, Taoiseach (Fianna Fáil).
13 January - Dolores McNamara, largest individual prizewinner in European lottery history.
1 April - Séamus McElwaine, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (killed in an ambush near Roslea by the SAS 1986).
14 April - Liam Buckley, soccer player and manager.
13 March - Adam Clayton, bass player with U2.
10 May - Bono, lead singer with U2.
14 May - Ronan Tynan, tenor.
23 May - Christy Dignam, lead singer with Aslan.
24 May - Packie Bonner, soccer goalkeeper with Glasgow Celtic.
11 June - Dave Henderson, soccer player.

1 July - Trevor Sargent, TD representing Dublin North and former leader of the Green Party.
4 July - Phil Hogan, Fine Gael TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.
1 August - Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil TD representing Cork South–Central, Cabinet Minister.
14 October - Seán Power, Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South and Minister of State.
17 October - Bernadette Nolan, singer and actress.
10 August - Alan Campbell, soccer player.
September - Maurice Seezer, musician.
25 November - Mick Neville, soccer player and coach.
25 December - Tonie Walsh, gay rights activist, journalist and DJ.

21 January - Matthew Moore, actor (born 1888).
26 February - Amby Power, Clare hurler (born 1887).
12 May - Augustine Kelly, cricketer (born 1894).
13 June - Ken McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (born 1881).
7 July - Francis Browne, Jesuit priest and photographer (born 1880).
20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (born 1913).
27 July - Ethel Lilian Voynich, novelist and musician (born 1864).
23 September - Dr Henry Barniville, member of the Seanad from 1922 to 1960 representing the National University of Ireland.
6 October - Hubert de Burgh, cricketer (born 1879).
25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (born 1884).
14 December - Michael J. Stack, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (born 1888).