- 1956 in Ireland
Events
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February 15 - SenatorOwen Sheehy-Skeffington introduces a motion calling for the prohibition of all corporal punishment for girls in Irish national schools.
*April 2 - PresidentSeán T. O'Kelly unveils a bust of Countess Markiewicz inSt. Stephen's Green ,Dublin .
*May 1 - The Minister for EducationRichard Mulcahy introduces the debate on a separate government department for theGaeltacht .
*May 21 - PresidentSeán T. O'Kelly opens the first Cork International Film Festival.
*May 29 -T. K. Whitaker is appointed new Secretary at the Department of Finance.
*August 12 - TheGaelic Athletic Association postpones the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals due to an outbreak of polio.
*November 21 - Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children is opened in Crumlin,Dublin .
*November 30 - Petrol rationing is due to be introduced from January 1 due to the crisis in theSuez .
*December 1 - At theOlympic Games inMelbourne, Australia ,Ronnie Delany wins Ireland's first gold medal for 24 years.Date unknown
*Robert Briscoe becomes the first Jewish
Lord Mayor of Dublin [cite web |url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=462&docID=2139 |title=Speech by the Taoiseach on visit to the Jewish Museum, Dublin |author=Department of the Taoiseach |date=2006 |work=The Irish Times |accessdate=2008-03-09]Arts and literature
port
Football
*League of Ireland::Winners: St Patrick's Athletic
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FAI Cup ::Winners: Shamrock Rovers 3 - 2 Cork Athletic.Births
January to June
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1 January -John O'Donohue ,poet andphilosopher (d.2008).
*16 January - Denis Moran, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
*11 February - Pat Carroll, Offaly hurler (d.1986).
*13 February -Liam Brady , international soccer player.
*21 February -Johnny Crowley , Cork hurler.
*13 April -Jim Lynagh ,Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed in an ambush by the SAS during an attack on Loughgall RUC station (d.1987).
*29 April - Kevin Moran, Gaelic footballer and soccer player.
*30 April -Liam T. Cosgrave ,Fine Gael politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann 1996–1997
*4 May -Steve Barron , film director and producer.
*5 May - Mary Coughlan, singer.
*9 May -Brendan Howlin , national teacher, Labour PartyTeachta Dála for Wexford and former Cabinet Minister.
*15 May -Pat Byrne , soccer player and manager.
*18 May -Pat Fleury , Offaly hurler, manager.
*21 May - Seán Kelly, cyclist and broadcaster.
*24 May - Michael Jackson,Church of Ireland Bishop of Clogher .
*28 May - John O'Donoghue,Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South and Cabinet Minister.
*1 June - Brendan Smith,Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan and Minister of State.
*4 June -Gerry Ryan , RTE radio presenter.
*7 June -Marty Whelan , RTE radio and television presenter.July to December
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10 July -Frank Stapleton , soccer player and manager.
*July -Liz O'Donnell , Deputy Leader of theProgressive Democrats , former TD and Minister of State.
*August -Denis Mulcahy , Cork hurler.
*5 September -Willie Mullins , former jockey, racehorse trainer.
*1 November -Charles Flanagan ,Fine Gael TD for Laois-Offaly.Full date unknown
*John Allen, Cork hurler and manager.
*Ciarán Brennan , singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist.
*Patrick Cassidy, composer.
*Marita Conlon-McKenna , children's writer.
*Joe Connolly, former Galway hurler.
*Dorothy Cross , sculptor and installation artist.
*Joe Duffy , radio presenter.
*Frankie Gavin , fiddle and flute player.
*Joe Hennessy , former Kilkenny hurler.
*Mary Kennedy , television presenter.
*Alice Maher , painter and sculptor.
*Tadhg Murphy , former Cork hurler.
*Cathal Ó Searcaigh , poet.
*Fran Rooney , businessman.Deaths
January to June
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30 January -Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet , barrister, member ofSeanad (b.1873).
*21 February -Louis Meldon , cricketer (b.1886).
*13 March -Alfred Byrne ,Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an MP in theBritish House of Commons and as a TD inDáil Éireann (b.1882).
*18 March -Benjamin Glazer , Academy Award-winningwriter , producer and director (b.1887).
*19 March -Matt Goff , Kildare Gaelic footballer (b.1901).
*24 March -Bob Lambert , cricketer (b.1874).
*17 May -John Tudor Gwynn , cricketer (b.1881).July to December
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5 August -John Miller Andrews , secondPrime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1871).
*19 November -Tomás Ó Deirg ,Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1897).
*25 November -Robert Bowers , cricketer (b.1897).
*11 December -Frederic Charles Dreyer ,Royal Navy Admiral (b.1878).
*27 December -Lambert McKenna ,Jesuit priest and writer (b.1870).Full date unknown
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James Cousins , poet and writer (b.1873).
*Elizabeth Cronin , traditional singer (b.1879).
*Ella Young , poet (b.1867).References
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