1964 in Ireland

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See also: 1963 in Ireland, other events of 1964, 1965 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sports 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• January 3 - Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive in Ireland for a seven-day visit.
• February 21 - The new Garda Síochána training centre is opened in Templemore, County Tipperary.
• March 16 - Sean Lemass arrives in London to officially launch Ireland Week.
• March 21 - Brendan Behan's funeral takes place in Dublin.
• May 23 - President de Valera, An Taoiseach Sean Lemass and An Tánaiste Seán MacEntee attend the official opening of the US Embassy in Dublin.
• May 26 - The Fine Gael parliamentary party approves Declan Costello's Just Society programme.
• June 1 - Jill, a two-year-old elephant, arrives at Dublin Airport from India. She is headed to a new home at Dublin Zoo.
• September 5 - An Taoiseach Sean Lemass attends celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.
• September 19 - The Abbey Theatre, Dublin closes in mourning for playwright Sean O'Casey who has died.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sports

• In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Shelbourne were drawn against Portuguese side Belenenses and after two drawn games won the replay 2-1. Facing Atlético Madrid in the second round, they were beaten 1-0 in both legs.

[edit] Births

• March 4 - Brian Crowley, Member of the European Parliament representing Munster
• July 31 - Jim Corr, guitarist with The Corrs.
• September 1 - Ray D'Arcy, radio and television broadcaster

[edit] Deaths

• March 20 - Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright.
• September 18 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist, nationalist and socialist.
• September 27 - Michael Donnellan, founder of Clann na Talmhan, Teachta Dála representing Galway West