1964 in Ireland - Definition and Overview

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

Events

• January 3 - Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden 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 Seán O'Casey who has died.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• July 31 - Jim Corr, guitarist with The Corrs..

Deaths

• March 20 - Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright.
• September 18 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist, nationalist and socialist.