- 1968 in Ireland
Events
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January 8 - An TaoiseachJack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime MinisterTerence O'Neill meet for talks inDublin .
*March 10 - Minister for EducationDonagh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning inCounty Clare .
*March 17 - A seat to commemorate the poetPatrick Kavanagh is unveiled alongside the Grand Canal inDublin .
*March 24 - AnAer Lingus aircraft, "St Phelim," plunges into theIrish Sea off theTuskar Rock killing all 57 passengers.
*May 29 - President de Valera opens theJohn F. Kennedy Memorial Park in New Ross,County Wexford .
*June 6 - Ireland mourns the loss ofSenator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated.Dáil Éireann pays tribute and a book of condolence is opened.
*September 18 -George Best is the star atrraction as Manchester United beat Waterford City 3-1 atLansdowne Road .
*October 5 - Police inDerry baton-charge aNorthern Ireland civil rights march.
*October 8 - 20 new traffic wardens are introduced onDublin 's streets.
*October 25 - theNew University of Ulster is opened in Coleraine,County Londonderry .
*December 13 - According to the Economic and Social Research Institute 60% of undergraduates in this country will emigrate on graduation.Arts and literature
ports
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Tony Dunne andGeorge Best become the first Irish footballers to pick up European Cup winners medals asManchester United defeat Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium.Births
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12 January - Michael Moynihan,Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North West.
*15 January - Tom Murphy, actor (d.2007.
*19 January -Fiona O'Malley , formerProgressive Democrats TD, Senator.
*23 January -Simon Cumbers , journalist murdered inSaudi Arabia (d.2004).
*24 March -Conor Hoey , cricketer.
*26 March -Nick Sweeney , discus thrower.
*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 III ,Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry North.
*12 November -Sharon Shannon , accordion player and musician.
*20 December -Paul Gogarty , Green Party politician and former TD.
*27 November -Cecilia Keaveney , formerIndependent Fianna Fáil TD, Senator.Full date unknown
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Patrick Chapman , poet and screenwriter.
*Michael Duignan , Offaly hurler and gaelic footballer, manager.
*Fergus Feehily , artist.
*Graham Linehan , television writer and director.
*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
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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 -Donagh 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 M. Pearse ,Fianna Fáil TD andSeanad Éireann member, sister ofPatrick Pearse (b.1878).Full date unknown
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Eamon Bulfin , Irish republican (b.1892).
*William Conor , artist (b.1881).
*Harry Duggan, soccer player (b.1903).
*William John Leech , painter (b.1881).
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