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Events in the year1964 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

• 3 January –Princess Margaret of the UK and her husbandLord Snowdon arrived in Ireland for a seven-day visit.
• 28 January – Families fromSpringtown Camp made a silent march throughDerry to demand rehousing.^[1]

• 21 February – The newGarda Síochána (police) training centre was opened inTemplemore,County Tipperary.

• 16 March –TaoiseachSeán Lemass arrived inLondon to make an official launch of "Ireland Week".
• 21 March – WriterBrendan Behan's funeral took place inDublin.

• 23 May – PresidentÉamon de Valera, Taoiseach Seán Lemass, and TánaisteSeán MacEntee attended the official opening of the newU.S. Embassy in Dublin, at the corner of Elgin Road and Pembroke Road inBallsbridge. The embassy was designed byJohn Johansen withMichael Scott.^[2]
• 26 May – theFine Gael parliamentary party approvedDeclan Costello'sJust Society programme.

• 1 June – A new exhibit forDublin Zoo, a two-year-old elephant called Jill, arrived from India.

• 5 September – Taoiseach Seán Lemass attended celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.

• 18 December – The Cuban Minister for Industries,Che Guevara, was interviewed byTelifís Éireann during a stopover atDublin Airport. He was flying from New York to Algeria after a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly when his flight was diverted fromShannon Airport because of fog.^[3]

• TheLifford Bridge over theRiver Foyle was built, linkingLifford andStrabane.
• The death penalty was abolished for all but the murder ofgardaí (police), diplomats, and prison officers.
• Myrtle Allen opened The Yeats Room restaurant at her home,Ballymaloe House,Shanagarry, County Cork.

• 19 September – TheAbbey Theatre in Dublin closed in mourning for playwrightSeán O'Casey who died the previous day of a heart attack inTorquay in England, aged 84.
• 28 September –Brian Friel's playPhiladelphia, Here I Come! opened at theGaiety Theatre, Dublin.
• 26 December – Micheál Mac Conmara andEoghan Ó Tuairisc's pantomime on Irish folkloreAisling as Tír na nÓg opened at the Abbey Theatre.
• Val Doonican released hissingle "Walk Tall".
• John Montague published his story collectionDeath of a Chieftain.
• Seán Ó Ríordáin published his poetry collectionBrosna.
• Eoghan Ó Tuairisc published his narrative poemThe Weekend of Dermot and Grace andLux Aeterna, including Hiroshima Mass.

• In theInter-Cities Fairs Cup,Shelbourne F.C. were drawn against Portuguese sideBelenenses and after two drawn games won the replay 2–1. FacingAtlético Madrid in the second round, they were beaten 1–0 in both legs.

• The horseArkle won theCheltenham Gold Cup and theIrish Grand National.

• 10 February –Richard Corrigan, chef.
• 21 February –Keith Bailey, cricketer.
• 23 February –Joseph O'Neill, writer.
• 4 March
  • Brian Crowley,Fianna FáilMember of the European Parliament
  • Pete Finnerty,Galway hurler.
• April –Ger FitzGerald,Cork hurler.
• 10 May –Diarmuid Gavin, garden designer.
• 26 May –Caitlín R. Kiernan, writer.
• 1 June –Alan Lewis, cricketer, rugby referee.
• 4 June –Michael Collins, novelist.
• 13 June –Ciarán Lynch,Labour PartyTeachta Dála (TD) representingCork South-Central.
• 18 June –Iarla Ó Lionáird, singer.
• 26 June –Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel, peer.
• 7 July –Jennifer Gibney, actress
• 21 July –Steve Collins, boxer.
• 31 July
  • Jim Corr, guitarist and keyboardist withThe Corrs.
  • Aengus Ó Snodaigh,Sinn Féin party TD forDublin South-Central and Chief Whip.
• 1 September –Ray D'Arcy, broadcaster.
• 5 September –Liam O'Brien, association football player.
• 1 October –John Sheridan, association footballer born in England of Irish descent
• 31 October –Colm Ó Cíosóig, drummer.
• 7 November –Liam Ó Maonlaí, musician.
• 17 November –Marina Carr, playwright.
• 29 November –Tony Davis, Cork Gaelic footballer.
• 15 December –Paul Williams, journalist and writer.

Full date unknown

• Mick Deegan,Dublin Gaelic footballer and manager.
• Martin Naughton,Galway hurler.
• Eddie O'Connor,Kilkenny hurler.
• Colm O'Neill, Cork Gaelic footballer.
• Derek Turner, journalist.

• 9 March –Frederick Jeremiah Edwards, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 atThiepval, France (born 1894).
• 20 March –Brendan Behan, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1923).
• 29 April –J. M. Kerrigan, actor (born 1884).
• 21/22 July –Paddy McLogan, formerSinn Féin party President, firearm accident (born 1899).
• 18 September –Seán O'Casey, dramatist and memoirist (born 1880).
• 27 September –Michael Donnellan, founder of theClann na Talmhan party, and TD (born 1900).
• 24 November
  • William O'Dwyer, judge, District Attorney and 100thMayor of New York City (born 1890).
  • Des Dillon, formerClare,Dublin andOffalyhurler andGaelic handballer (born 1926).
• November –Percy Redfern Creed, soldier, sportsman and writer (born 1874).
• 31 December –Daniel Corkery, writer, teacher and Fianna Fáil Senator (born 1878).

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