- 1951 in Ireland
Events
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February 2 -Éamon de Valera visitsNewry for the first time since his arrest there in1924 .
*April 11 - Minister for Health Dr.Noel Browne resigns and hisMother and Child Scheme is overturned.
*April 19 - TheNorthern Ireland Attorney-General, Ed Warnock, referring to theNoel Browne 's resignation, says that "Ireland is really ruled by Maynooth."
*May 24 - Gardaí exchange shots with two men after they throw a bomb at the British Embassy inDublin .
*June 8 -Jack Doyle defeats America's 'Beer Baron' Two-Ton Tony Gelanto atTolka Park .
*June 10 - JusticeGeorge Gavan Duffy , one of the signatories of the Treaty in1921 , dies inDublin .
*June 13 -Éamon de Valera becomesTaoiseach with one of the smallest majorities on record 74-69.
*July 1 - An TaoiseachÉamon de Valera pays his first visit toDerry in 25 years.
*July 18 - TheAbbey Theatre inDublin is burnt to the ground.
*November 15 - TheNobel Prize for Physics is awarded jointly to ProfessorErnest Walton ofTrinity College Dublin and SirJohn Cockcroft .Arts and literature
port
Football
*League of Ireland::Winners: Cork Athletic
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FAI Cup ::Winners: Transport 1 - 1, 1 - 0 Shelbourne.Golf
*Irish Open - no tournament held.
Births
January to March
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4 January -Paddy Roche , soccer player.
*25 January -M. J. Nolan ,Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny and former Senator.
*27 January - Brian Downey, drummer.
*4 February -Patrick Bergin , actor.
*6 February - Margo, singer.
*14 February -Alan Shatter ,Fine Gael TD for Dublin South.
*16 March - John Egan, formerDublin GAA County Chairman (d.2007).
*25 March - Gerard Murphy,Fine Gael TD representingCork North West .
*March -J. P. McManus , businessman and racehorse owner.April to June
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4 April -Alan Hughes , cricketer.
*24 April -Enda Kenny , current leader ofFine Gael , TD for Mayo.
*1 May -Michael McDowell , founding member ofProgressive Democrats , former TD, Cabinet Minister, andAttorney-General .
*21 May -Ray O'Brien , soccer player.
*26 May -Madeleine Taylor-Quinn , formerFine Gael TD, councillor.
*6 June -Frank Fahey ,Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West.
*12 June -Nóirín Ní Riain , singer, musician, writer, theologian.
*27 June -Mary McAleese , eighthPresident of Ireland .July to December
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July -Anne Colley , formerProgressive Democrats politician.
*30 August - Dana Rosemary Scallon, Eurovision Song Contest winner and former MEP.
*12 September -Bertie Ahern , formerTaoiseach and leader ofFianna Fáil .
*5 October -Bob Geldof , singer, songwriter and humanitarian.
*18 December -Noel Treacy ,Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East.
*30 December -Gay Mitchell , TD representingDublin South Central , MEP for Dublin.Full date unknown
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John Aimers , educator and Chairman of theMonarchist League of Canada .
*Darina Allen , chef and television personality.
*Adrian Hardiman , justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland.
*Geraldine Kennedy , journalist, politician and first female editor of "The Irish Times ".
*Joe McKenna , former Limerick hurler and manager.
*Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill , singer.Deaths
January to June
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9 January - John Aston, cricketer (b.1882).
*17 January -Alexander Haslett , independent TD (b.1883).
*18 January -Amy Carmichael , Christian missionary and writer (b.1867).
*26 January -Thomas Houghton , Anglican Clergyman and editor of theGospel Magazine (b.1859).
*18 March -Thomas Foran , trade union official, continuous membership of theSeanad from 1922 to 1948.
*27 March -James Geoghegan ,Fianna Fáil TD, Minister for Justice,Attorney General of Ireland and Justice of the Supreme Court (b.1886).
*29 March -Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury , politician inAlberta ,Canada (b.1869).
*10 April -Nora Barnacle , lover, companion, inspiration and wife ofJames Joyce (b.1884).
*12 April -Henry De Vere Stacpoole , ship's doctor and author (b.1863).
*19 May -Frederick Barton Maurice , soldier, military correspondent, writer and academic, founded the British Legion in 1920 (b.1871).
*10 June -George Gavan Duffy , barrister,Sinn Féin MP (b.1882).
*21 June -Eugene O'Mahoney ,museum curator andentomologist (b.1899).July to December
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24 July -Paddy Moore , soccer player (b.1910).
*16 August -Gus Kelly , cricketer (b.1877).
*17 August -Joseph Warwick Bigger , professor, member of theDublin University panel in theSeanad from 1944 to 1951.
*25 August -John J. McGrath , DemocratU.S. Representative fromCalifornia (b.1872).
*27 November -George Meldon , cricketer (b.1885).Full date unknown
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Margot Ruddock , actress, poet and singer (b.1907).
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