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List of events in Ireland in 1956
Events from the year 1956 in Ireland .
League of Ireland
Winners:
St Patrick's Athletic
FAI Cup
Winners:
Shamrock Rovers 3–2
Cork Athletic .
1 January –
John O'Donohue , poet and
philosopher (died in 2008).
16 January –
Denis Moran ,
Kerry Gaelic footballer.
17 January –
Joe Hennessy ,
Kilkenny hurler.
27 January –
Joe Duffy , radio presenter.
11 February –
Pat Carroll ,
Offaly hurler (died
1986 ).
13 February –
Liam Brady , international soccer player.
21 February –
Johnny Crowley ,
Cork hurler.
4 March –
Ciarán Brennan , singer, songwriter, producer and instrumentalist.
13 April –
Jim Lynagh ,
Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed in an ambush by the
Special Air Service during an attack on
Loughgall RUC station (died in 1987).
16 April –
Paul Drechsler , businessman.
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 school teacher,
Labour Party
Teachta Dála (TD) for
Wexford and cabinet minister.
15 May –
Pat Byrne , soccer player and manager.
18 May –
Pat Fleury ,
Offaly hurler, manager.
21 May –
Sean 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 ,
RTÉ radio presenter. (Died in 2010)
7 June –
Marty Whelan , RTÉ radio and television presenter.
1 July –
Liz O'Donnell , Deputy Leader of the
Progressive Democrats , TD and Minister of State.
10 July –
Frank Stapleton , soccer player and manager.
12 July –
Cathal Ó Searcaigh , poet.
August –
Denis Mulcahy ,
Cork hurler.
26 August –
Dick Hooper , long-distance runner.
5 September –
Willie Mullins , jockey, racehorse trainer.
4 October –
Mary Kennedy , television presenter.
13 October –
Joe Connolly ,
Galway hurler.
1 November –
Charles Flanagan ,
Fine Gael TD for
Laois–Offaly .
5 November –
Marita Conlon-McKenna , children's writer.
4 December –
Nia Griffith
Welsh Labour
Member of Parliament .
19 December –
Shane McEntee ,
Fine Gael TD for
Meath East .
Undated
30 January –
Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet , barrister, member of
Seanad (born in 1873).
20 February –
James Cousins , poet and writer (born in 1873).
21 February –
Louis Meldon , cricketer (born in 1886).
13 March –
Alfie Byrne ,
Irish Nationalist politician, served both as an
Member of parliament in the
British House of Commons and as a
Teachta Dála in
Dáil Éireann (born in 1882).
18 March –
Benjamin Glazer ,
Academy Award -winning writer, film producer and director (born in 1887).
19 March –
Matt Goff ,
Kildare Gaelic footballer (born in 1901).
24 March –
Bob Lambert , cricketer (born in 1874).
20 April –
Ida Mary Costello , wife of Taoiseach
John A. Costello (born in 1891).
17 May –
John Tudor Gwynn , cricketer (born in 1881).
22 May –
Elizabeth Cronin , traditional singer (born in 1879).
11 June –
Seán Óg Murphy ,
Cork hurler,
Gaelic Athletic Association administrator (born in 1892).
23 July –
Ella Young , poet (born in 1867).
5 August –
J. M. Andrews , second
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born in 1871).
23 September –
Arthur Duff , composer and conductor (born in 1899).
6 November –
Leo Whelan , painter (born in 1892).
19 November –
Thomas Derrig ,
Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister (born in 1897).
25 November –
Robert Bruce Bowers , cricketer (born in 1897).
11 December –
Frederic Charles Dreyer , British
Royal Navy
Admiral (born in 1878).
27 December –
Lambert McKenna ,
Jesuit priest and writer (born in 1870).
Undated –
Geoffrey Taylor , born Jeoffrey Phibbs, poet (born 1900 in England).