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See also:	1962 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1962 List of years in Ireland

Events in the year1962 in Ireland.

• President:Éamon de Valera
• Taoiseach:Seán Lemass (FF)
• Tánaiste:Seán MacEntee (FF)
• Minister for Finance:James Ryan (FF)
• Chief Justice:Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
• Dáil:17th
• Seanad:10th

• 26 February – TheIrish Republican Army officially called off itsBorder Campaign in Northern Ireland.^[1]
• 13 March – Irish artists leftDublin Airport for theCongo to entertainUnited Nations troops there.
• 17 March – PresidentÉamon de Valera and his wifeSinéad had a private audience with PopeJohn XXIII in Rome.
• 5 April – A final train ran on the westCork railway.
• 8 May – Irish troops left for a peace-keeping mission in the Congo.
• 6 July –Gay Byrne presented the first edition ofThe Late Late Show television programme onTelefís Éireann. He went on to present the show for 37 years.
• 13 July – Secretary General of the United NationsU Thant arrived inDublin. He paid tribute to Irish soldiers who fought in the Congo.
• 21 August – Former United States PresidentDwight Eisenhower arrived inBelfast on a four-day visit to Ireland.
• 13 November –Aer Lingus air hostesses received new uniforms. The colours were fern-green and St. Patrick's blue.

• 30 June – TheTheatre Royal, Dublin closed.
• 4 December – The firstJacob's broadcasting awards ceremony took place in Dublin.
• Irish folk music group theAbbey Tavern Singers was formed inHowth.
• Irish folk music bandThe Chieftains was formed byPaddy Moloney in Dublin.
• Irish folk music bandThe Dubliners was formed atO'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin.
• Eavan Boland published23 Poems while an undergraduate atTrinity College Dublin.
• Ewart Milne's poetryA Garland for the Green was published.
• Eoghan Ó Tuairisc published hisIrish language prose epicL'Attaque in Dublin.
• Cecil Woodham-Smith published her historyThe Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845–1849.

• Shelbourne FC won theLeague of Ireland championship for the seventh time with a 1–0 play-off victory overCork Celtic thanks to aBen Hannigan goal.

• 1 January –Jamie O'Neill, author.
• 9 January –Ray Houghton, association football player, in Scotland to an Irish father.
• 2 March –Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, children's author and illustrator.
• 6 April –Anne Cassin, RTE newsreader.
• 13 April –Harry Kenny, association football player.
• 7 May –Paul Kimmage, cyclist and sports journalist.
• 9 June –Bobby Browne, association football player.
• 15 June –Martin Earley, road bicycle racer.
• 26 June –Cyprian Brady,Fianna FáilTeachta Dála (TD) forDublin Central.
• 4 July –Martin Hayes, fiddle player.
• 11 July –Pauline McLynn, actress and writer.
• 14 July –Eamon Delaney, author and journalist.
• 19 July –Caitríona Ruane,Sinn Féin partyMember of the Legislative Assembly and Minister for Education in Northern Ireland.
• 14 August
  • Dan Boyle, formerGreen Party TD,senator.
  • Peter Eccles, association football player.
• 1 September –Tony Cascarino, association football player.
• 11 October
  • Anne Enright,Man Booker Prize-winning author.
  • Eddie Hobbs, financial adviser and television presenter.
• 2 December –Kevin Brady, association football player.
• Full date unknown –Tom Spillane,Kerry Gaelic footballer.

• 1 February –Thomas Westropp Bennett,Cumann na nGaedheal party member of the Seanad,Cathaoirleach (chairperson) of the Seanad (born 1867).
• 13 March –Anne Acheson, sculptor (born 1882).
• 14 March –Eileen Costello, Independent member of the1922 Seanad.
• 25 June –Robert Gwynn, cricketer (born 1877).
• 4 July –William Harman, cricketer (born 1869).
• 16 July –Frank Gallagher,Irish Volunteer and author (born 1893).
• 24 July –Margaret Buckley, president of Sinn Féin party from 1937 to 1950 (born 1879).
• 26 October –Emily Anderson, BritishForeign Office cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist, in London (born 1891).

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