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Events in the year1963 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

• 24 January – TheMinister for Justice,Charles Haughey, announced that the government proposed to abolish the death penalty.
• 29 January – A new control tower opened atShannon Airport.
• 4 March – TheLabour Court met to try to break the deadlock in a strike by 30Radio Éireann andTelefís Éireann journalists which arose from a claim for increased salaries and improved conditions by the journalists.^[1]
• 25 March – The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Jim "J.J." O'Keeffe, inaugurated Ireland's firstescalator, inRoches Stores, a department store onHenry Street in Dublin.^[2] The first working escalator was built in New York City in 1896.
• 20 May – TheMinister for Education,Patrick Hillery, announced plans forcomprehensive schools andregional technical colleges.
• 3 June – The national television channel,Telefís Éireann, closed down immediately after its 9 pm news bulletin as a mark of respect following the death ofPope John XXIII.

• 26 June – Following a three-day visit toWest Germany which he concluded with hishistoric Cold War address inWest Berlin earlier in the day,President Kennedy of the United States arrived in Ireland for a four-daystate visit. He was greeted atDublin Airport byPresident de Valera andTaoiseachSeán Lemass. His motorcade to the US Ambassador's residence in thePhoenix Park in Dublin was met by large crowds inO'Connell Street andDame Street.^[3][4][5]
• 27 June – Kennedy flew toNew Ross by helicopter where he made a speech to a crowd. He drove to his ancestral home nearby in Dunganstown where he met extended family. Afterwards he flew toWexford where he was given the freedom of the town. That evening, he attended a garden party atÁras an Uachtaráin, home of the Irish president, and afterwards attended a state dinner hosted by the Taoiseach in his honour atIveagh House in Dublin.^[3][4]
• 28 June – Kennedy flew toCork by helicopter. Following a motorcade through the crowded city he was awarded the freedom of the city. Back in Dublin in the afternoon, he visitedArbour Hill where he laid a wreath at the graves of executed leaders of1916 Rising. Afterwards, he visitedLeinster House where he became the first statesman to address both Houses of theOireachtas.^[6] AtDublin Castle, he was conferred with degrees of Doctor of Laws by both theNational University of Ireland and byDublin University. He was also awarded the freedom of the city of Dublin.^[3][4]
• 29 June – Kennedy flew by helicopter toGalway where a motorcade took him to City Hall where he was made a freeman of the city. He made a speech to a large crowd inEyre Square before another motorcade took him to his helicopter inSalthill from where he flew toLimerick, where he landed at Greenpark Racecourse. He was conferred with the freedom of Limerick. After speaking to the crowd, he flew toShannon Airport nearby where he made a farewell speech before flying to England onAir Force One for an informal meeting with British prime ministerHarold Macmillan.^[3][4][5]

• 4 October – Speaking on thenuclear test ban treaty at theUnited Nations inNew York, theMinister for External Affairs,Frank Aiken, called for an end to all nuclear weapons.
• 16 October – Taoiseach Seán Lemass was greeted by US president John Kennedy at theWhite House where he inspected a guard of honour.
• 1 November –Domhnall Ua Buachalla, the lastGovernor-General of the Irish Free State, was buried in Dublin.
• 7 November –The Beatles arrived in Dublin for two concerts in theAdelphi Cinema, the only time they performed in Ireland.Gardaí (police) struggled to maintain control inAbbey Street andO'Connell Street when unruly crowds created disorder.^[7][8]

• 22 November – President de Valera addressed the nation following themurder of U.S. president John Kennedy.
• 24 November – De Valera left to attendKennedy's funeral. He was accompanied by cadets who were invited byJacqueline Kennedy to form a guard of honour.
• 26 November – Ireland held a national day of mourning for President Kennedy.

• 2 June –Benjamin Britten'sA Hymn of St Columba premièred atGartan in County Donegal.^[9]
• Cork Opera House reopened after being fully rebuilt.
• John McGahern's semi-autobiographical first novel,The Barracks, was published.
• Seamus Heaney's poemMid Term Break was published inKilkenny Magazine

• Shelbourne won theFAI Cup.

• Paddy Prendergast became the first Irish-basedhorse trainer to beBritish flat racing Champion Trainer; he retained the title for two more years.

• 7 January –Tony O'Sullivan,Cork hurler.
• February –Theresa Lowe, television presenter.
• 3 March –Conor Lenihan, Fianna Fáil partyTeachta Dála (TD) forDublin South-West and Minister of State.
• 19 March –Mark Dearey, businessman andGreen Party councillor inDundalk.
• 25 March –Kevin O'Rourke, economic historian, born in Switzerland.
• 26 March –Paul Doolin,association football player.
• 29 March –Pat Gallagher,Labour Party politician.
• 3 April –Ciarán Cuffe,Green Party TD forDún Laoghaire.
• 4 April –Graham Norton, actor, comedian and television presenter.
• 1 June –Michael Creed,Fine Gael party TD forCork North-West.
• 3 June –Lucy Grealy, poet and memoirist (died 2002).
• 13 June –Larry Tompkins,Kildare and Cork Gaelic footballer.
• 21 June –Carlos O'Connell, decathlete.
• 25 June –Liam Walsh,Kilkenny hurler.
• 26 June –Tomás Mulcahy, Cork hurler.
• 23 July –Andy Townsend, association football player.
• 28 July –Eamon Ryan, Green Party TD forDublin South andDublin Bay South, Green Party leader, andMinister for the Environment, Climate and Communications.
• 22 August –Terry McHugh, javelin thrower.
• 31 August –Todd Carty, actor.
• 10 September –Marian Keyes, novelist.
• 24 September –Margaret Cox, Fianna Fáilsenator.
• 25 September –Niall Cahalane, Cork Gaelic footballer.
• 9 November –Kieran O'Regan, association football player.
• 13 November –Joe Dooley,Offaly hurler, manager.
• 1 December –Paul Bradford,Fine Gael senator.
• 5 December –Tony Keady,Galway hurler (died 2017).

• Pat Boran, poet.
• Orla Kiely, fashion and textile designer.
• Bryan Smyth, singer, actor and television presenter.

• 17 January –Thomas Johnson, first parliamentary leader of theLabour Party, aged 91.
• 1 February –John Cardinal D'Alton,Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland from 1946 to 1963 (born 1882).
• 4 February –Brinsley MacNamara, novelist and playwright (born 1890).
• 22 February –Padraig O'Keeffe, fiddle player (born 1887).
• 3 March –Brian O'Higgins,Sinn Féin partymember of parliament and party president (born 1882).
• 19 March –Joseph Brennan, civil servant andGovernor of the Central Bank of Ireland (born 1887).
• 16 May –Patrick Little, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet minister (born 1884).
• 31 May –Seán O'Hegarty,Irish Republican Army member during theIrish War of Independence (born 1881).
• 12 June –Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, British admiral of the Second World War andFirst Sea Lord (born 1883).
• 23 June –George C. Bennett,Cumann na nGaedheal party TD, later joinedFine Gael and Seanad Éireann member (born 1877).
• 11 October –John Galvin, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1907).
• 30 October –Hugh O'Flaherty, Catholic priest, saved about 4,000 Allied soldiers and Jews in theVatican during World War II (born 1898).
• 30 October –Domhnall Ua Buachalla, member of theFirst Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD, lastGovernor-General of the Irish Free State (born 1866).
• 2 November –Daniel Mannix, Catholic clergyman,Archbishop of Melbourne for 46 years (born 1864).
• 22 November –C. S. Lewis, novelist (born 1898).
• November –Patrick MacGill, journalist, poet, and novelist (born 1889).
• 4 December –William Norton, Labour Party leader,TD, and Cabinet minister (born 1900).
• 15 December –Oscar Traynor, Fianna Fáil politician (born 1886).
• December –Andy Kennedy, association footballer (born 1897).

• Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy, peer (born 1885).

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