1953 in Ireland
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See also: 1952 in Ireland, other events of 1953, 1954 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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[edit] Events
- January 18 - Sinn Féin decides to contest all 12 constituencies in the next Westminster election.
- March 15 - Up to 10,000 civil servants march down O'Connell Street, Dublin demanding a just wage.
- March 16 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. asks the American Congress to support a United Ireland.
- April 27 - Maud Gonne MacBride dies at her home in Dublin aged 88.
- June 3 - 500 unemployed men march at Kildare Street demanding employment not dole.
- July 6 - 1,000 unemployed people sit on O'Connell Bridge for 15 minutes in protest.
- August 2 - Murlough Bay in the Antrim Glens is chosen as the future grave of Roger Casement. An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera calls for the return of his remains.
- August 29 - Kilmainham Gaol is to be preserved as a national monument.
- September 21 - The Irish Ploughing Team leaves Dublin for the World Ploughing Championships in Canada.
- October 28 - Three of Dáil Éireann's Independent TDs become members of Fianna Fáil.
- December 18 - The Censorship Board bans almost 100 publications on the grounds that they are indecent or obscene.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- Winners: Shelbourne
- Winners: Cork Athletic 2 - 2, 2 - 1 Evergreen United.
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Noel Dempsey, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Meath and Cabinet Minister
- February 15 - Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Londonderry
- March 1 - Richard Bruton, Deputy-Leader of Fine Gael and former Cabinet Minister.
- March 11 - Mary Harney, former Tánaiste and leader of the Progressive Democrats.
- April 4 - Sammy Wilson, Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- May 16 - Pierce Brosnan, actor.
- May 30 - Colm Meaney, actor.
- July 29 - Frank McGuinness, playwright and poet.
- August 19 - Tom Parlon, President of the IFA (1997 - 2001), Progressive Democrat Teachta Dála representing Laois Offaly
- September 18 - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, bank official, Sinn Féin Teachta Dála representing Cavan Monaghan
- October 21 - Peter Mandelson, 12th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and European Commissioner
- November 26 - Marian Harkin, Member of the European Parliament representing North-West, Independent Teachta Dála representing Sligo Leitrim
[edit] Deaths
- 14 July - Frank Fahy, barrister-at-law, teacher, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), representing Galway South, Ceann Comhairle from 1932 to 1951, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála.
- 12 September - James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Unionist politician and first Governor of Northern Ireland (b.1869).
- 30 October - John Counihan, farmer and salesmaster, Independent member of 1922 Seanad.
- 1 November - Dr Thomas F. O'Higgins, Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Laois Offaly and Cork Borough.
