1963_in_ireland

Events

• January 17 - Thomas Johnson, first parliamentary leader of the Irish Labour Party, dies aged 91.
• January 24 - The Minister for Justice, Charles Haughey, announces that the government proposes to abolish the death penalty.
• January 29 - A new control tower is opened at Shannon Airport.
• May 20 - The Minister for Education, Dr. Patrick Hillery, announces plans for comprehensive schools and regional technical colleges.
• June 3 - Teilifís Éireann closes down immediately after its 9 o\'clock news bulletin as a mark of respect to the memory of Pope John XXIII.
• June 27 - US President John F. Kennedy visits his ancestral home at New Ross, County Wexford. He inspects a naval guard of honour and then addresses the crowd.
• June 28 - President John F. Kennedy receives a standing ovation as he addresses a joint session of both houses of the Oireachtas.
• June 29 - President Kennedy chats with President de Valera at the US Embassy in Dublin before leaving Ireland.
• October 4 - Speaking on the nuclear test ban at the United Nations in New York, the Minister for External Affairs, Frank Aiken, calls for an end to all nuclear weapons.
• October 16 - An Taoiseach Seán Lemass is greeted by President John F. Kennedy at the White House where he inspects a guard of honour.
• November 1 - Domhnall Ua Buachalla, the last Governor-General of the Irish Free State, is buried in Dublin.
• November 7 - The Beatles arrive in Dublin for a concert in the Adelphi Cinema.
• November 22 - President de Valera addresses the nation on the death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
• November 24 - President de Valera leaves for the funeral of President Kennedy. He is accompanied by cadets who have been invited by Jacqueline Kennedy to form a guard of honour.

Arts and literature

Sports

• Shelbourne win the FAI Cup.

Births

• 3 March - Conor Lenihan, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South West and Minister of State.
• 19 March - Mark Dearey, businessman and Irish Green Party councillor in Dundalk.
• 26 March - Paul Doolin, soccer player.
• 3 April - Ciaran Cuffe, Green Party/Comhaontas Glas TD for Dún Laoghaire.
• 4 April - Graham Norton, actor, comedian and television presenter.
• 1 June - Michael Creed, Fine Gael TD for Cork North West.
• 3 June - Lucy Grealy, poet and memoirist (d.2002).
• 13 June - Larry Tompkins, former Kildare and Cork Gaelic footballer.
• 31 August - Todd Carty, actor.
• 10 September - Marian Keyes, novelist.
• 25 September - Niall Cahalane, Cork Gaelic footballer.
• 9 November - Kieran O\'Regan, soccer player.

Full date unknown

• Pat Boran, poet.
• Margaret Cox, former Fianna Fáil Senator.
• Tony Keady, Galway hurler.
• Tomás Mulcahy, Cork hurler.
• Tony O\'Sullivan, Cork hurler.
• Eamon Ryan, Green Party (Ireland) TD for Dublin South and Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources.
• Bryan Smyth, singer, actor and television presenter.
• Liam Walsh, former Kilkenny hurler.

Deaths

January to June

• 1 February - John Cardinal D\'Alton, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1946 to 1963 (b.1882).
• 3 March - Brian O\'Higgins, Sinn Féin MP and President (b.1882).
• 16 May - Patrick Little, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1884).
• 31 May - Seán O\'Hegarty, Irish Republican Army member during the Irish War of Independence (b.1881).
• 12 June - Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, British admiral of the Second World War and First Sea Lord (d.1883).
• 23 June - George C. Bennett, Cumman na nGaedhael TD, later joined Fine Gael and Seanad Éireann member (b.1877).

July to December

• 11 October - John Galvin, Fianna Fáil TD (b.1907).
• 30 October - Hugh O\'Flaherty, Catholic priest, saved about 4,000 Allied soldiers and Jews in the Vatican during World War II (b.1898).
• 30 October - Domhnall Ua Buachalla, member of 1st Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD, last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (b.1866).
• 2 November - Daniel Mannix, Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years (b.1864).
• 22 November - C. S. Lewis, novelist and author of The Chronicles of Narnia (b.1898).
• November - Patrick MacGill, journalist, poet and novelist (b.1889).
• 4 December - William Norton, Labour Party (Ireland) leader, TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1900).
• 15 December - Oscar Traynor, Fianna Fáil politician (b.1886).
• December - Andy Kennedy, footballer (b.1897).

Full date unknown

• Joseph Brennan, civil servant and Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (b.1887).
• Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy, peer (b.1885).
• Padraig O\'Keeffe, fiddle player (b.1887).

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