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This article list notable things that happened in Ireland in 1955.
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Events
- January 6 - 1,200 people meet in Dublin to form the National Farmers' Association.
- January 14 - Tony O'Reilly is named in the Irish rugby squad for his first cap in an international against France.
- July 4 - Denis Larkin is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin defeating 73-year old Alfie Byrne.
- November 29 - Bord na gCon is to be set up under the Greyhound Industry Bill published today.
- December 12 - Cork Opera House at Emmet Palace is destroyed by fire.
- December 14 - Ireland is admitted to the United Nations.
Arts and literature
Sports
Football
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- Winners: St Patrick's Athletic
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- Winners: Shamrock Rovers 1 - 0 Drumcondra.
Births
January to March
- 15 January - Paddy Burke, Fine Gael Senator.
- 18 January - Fergus Martin, artist.
- 2 February - Dermot Ahern, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Louth and Cabinet Minister.
- 15 March - John J. McGuinness, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny.
- 27 March - Patrick McCabe, novelist.
- 29 March - Brendan Gleeson, actor.
April to June
- 1 April - Bobby Aylward, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny.
- 1 April - Joe O'Reilly, former Fine Gael Senator.
- 24 April - Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party TD representing Dún Laoghaire, leader of the Labour Party (Ireland).
- 28 April - Mae Sexton, former Progressive Democrats TD.
- 16 May - Páidí Ó Sé, former Kerry Gaelic footballer and manager.
- 22 May - Mary Black, singer.
July to December
- 5 July - Sebastian Barry, playwright, novelist and poet.
- 20 July - Jem Finer, musician and composer.
- 1 December - Pat Spillane, former Kerry Gaelic footballer.
- 2 December - Joachim Kelly, Offaly hurler.
Full date unknown
- John Callinan, former Clare hurler.
- Kevin Fennelly, former Kilkenny hurler.
- Mick Holden, former Gaelic footballer and hurler (d.2007).
- Peter Wyse Jackson, Director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin.
- Pat Loughrey, former Controller of BBC Northern Ireland, Director of BBC Nations and Regions.
- Sean Power, Member of the States of Jersey.
- Colm Tóibín, novelist and critic.
- William Wall, novelist, poet and short story writer.
Deaths
- 12 February - Thomas J. Moore, actor (b.1883).
- 26 March - Thomas Farren, nominated to the Seanad by the President of the Executive Council in 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931 and 1934, member of the Labour Party.
- 4 May Michael P Colivet, manager Shannon Foundry, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), representing Limerick.
- 14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (b.1885).
- 16 June - Stanislaus Joyce, scholar and writer, brother of James Joyce, (b.1884).
- 11 July - Frank Duffy, labour leader in America (b.1861).
- 15 July - James Nicholas Dolan, merchant, member of 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing Leitrim.
- 18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (b.1894).
- 26 October - Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Siochana (b.1885).
Full date unknown
- Evie Hone, painter and stained glass artist (b.1894).
- Moira O'Neill, poet (b.1864).
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