- 1967 in Ireland
Events
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9 January - Demonstrations by the National Farmers' Association cause major chaos as farm machinery blocks many roads.
*4 April - TheFianna Fáil Party makes a presentation to formerTaoiseach Seán Lemass .
*18 April - The Minister for Education,Donagh O'Malley , reveals his plan for a single multi-denominational University of Dublin. This would combineUniversity College Dublin andTrinity College Dublin .
*1 July - Jacqueline Kennedy goes racing at the Curragh with An TaoiseachJack Lynch and Mrs. Máirín Lynch.
*4 August - SenatorMargaret M. Pearse , sister of Pádraig Pearse andWillie Pearse , the executed 1916 leaders, is 89 today. She is greeted by President de Valera.
*4 September - Ireland's free post-primary school transport scheme begins.CIÉ brings 38,000 students to 350 schools.
*4 November - An TaoiseachJack Lynch returns toDublin following talks on theEuropean Community withGeneral Charles de Gaulle inParis .
*2 December - The poetPatrick Kavanagh is buried in his native Inniskeen,County Monaghan .
*4 December - The first independent computer in this country open atShannon Airport .
*29 December - The Minister for Labour, Dr.Patrick Hillery , announces details of a new redundancy payments scheme which takes effect fromNew Year's Day .Arts and literature
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19 November -Jimmy O'Connor scores the world's fastest everhat-trick in a first-class match when he scored three goals in 2 minutes and 13 seconds (some sources dispute this, and claim the actual time was 2 minutes and 14 seconds) for Shelbourne against Bohemians in a League of Ireland match atDalymount Park .Births
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22 January -Eleanor McEvoy , singer songwriter.
*1 March -Justin Benson , cricketer.
*1 March -Ann Gallagher , former Labour Party politician.
*17 March -Angus Dunlop , cricketer.
*16 May - Barry Andrews,Fianna Fáil politician, TD for Dún Laoghaire.
*19 May -Geraldine Somerville , actress.
*26 May -Philip Treacy , hat designer.
*July -Anne Marie Forrest , author.
*4 September -Cathal Casey , Cork hurler.
*15 October -Lawrence Roche , road racing cyclist.Full date unknown
*John Fitzgibbon, Cork hurler.
*Mark Foley, Cork hurler.
*Martin Hanamy , Offaly hurler.
*Gary Kirby , former Limerick hurler.
*Susan McKeown , folk singer.
*Willie O'Connor , former Kilkenny hurler.
*Brian Smyth , painter.
*Liam Twomey , doctor, formerFine Gael TD, Senator.Deaths
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1 January -Séamus Burke ,Sinn Féin TD, a founder-member ofCumann na nGaedhael and laterFine Gael (b.1893).
*28 January -Helena Moloney , fought in the1916 Easter Rising and was first woman president of theIrish Congress of Trade Unions (b.1884).
*16 March -Thomas MacGreevy , poet and director of theNational Gallery of Ireland (b.1893).
*1 April -Jane Wyse Power , member of theSeanad from 1922 to 1936.
*22 April -Walter Macken , novelist, dramatist and actor (b.1915).
*4 August -Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick , peer and soldier (b.1888).
*14 September -Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh , businessman, politician and philanthropist, ChancellorUniversity of Dublin (b.1874).
*30 November -Patrick Kavanagh , poet and novelist (b.1904).
*4 December -Michael Riordan ,San Francisco Police Department Chief (b.1889).
*18 December -James Everett ,Irish Labour Party TD, Cabinet Minister, famed for "Battle of Baltinglass", 44 years service as a TD (b.1894).
*18 December -Florence O'Donoghue , historian andIrish Republican Army intelligence officer (b.1895).
*28 December -John Joe O'Reilly ,Cumann na nGaedhael andFine Gael TD (b.1881).Full date unknown
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Sam English , soccer player (b.1908).
*Mary Devenport O'Neill , poet and dramatist (b.1879).
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