17 February – The Television Bill passed its final stage in
Seanad Éireann (Senate).
26 February –
Alitalia Flight 618: An airliner flying to New York crashed into a cemetery shortly after takeoff from
Shannon Airport, killing 34 of the 52 people on board.
13 February–March –
Orson Welles appeared for the last time in a stage production, his adaptation Chimes at Midnight with the
Gate Theatre Company (with which he began his professional career in 1931), opening at the
Grand Opera House in Belfast, and transferring to the
Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
23 August –
Samuel Beckett's play The Old Tune (a translation of
Pinget's La Manivelle into a Dublin setting) was first broadcast by the
BBC.
Patrick Kavanagh's poetry collection, Come Dance with Kitty Stobling, was published.[2]
17 February – The Television Bill passed its final stage in
Seanad Éireann (Senate).
26 February –
Alitalia Flight 618: An airliner flying to New York crashed into a cemetery shortly after takeoff from
Shannon Airport, killing 34 of the 52 people on board.
13 February–March –
Orson Welles appeared for the last time in a stage production, his adaptation Chimes at Midnight with the
Gate Theatre Company (with which he began his professional career in 1931), opening at the
Grand Opera House in Belfast, and transferring to the
Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.
23 August –
Samuel Beckett's play The Old Tune (a translation of
Pinget's La Manivelle into a Dublin setting) was first broadcast by the
BBC.
Patrick Kavanagh's poetry collection, Come Dance with Kitty Stobling, was published.[2]