1964 in Ireland - Events

Events

• January 3 – Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive in Ireland for a seven-day visit.
• January 28 – Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry to demand rehousing.
• February 21 – The new Garda Síochána training centre is opened in Templemore, County Tipperary.
• March 16 – Seán Lemass arrives in London to make an official launch of "Ireland Week".
• March 21 – Brendan Behan's funeral takes place in Dublin.
• May 23 – President Éamon de Valera, Taoiseach Seán Lemass and Tánaiste Seán MacEntee attend the official opening of the US Embassy in Dublin.
• May 26 – The Fine Gael parliamentary party approves Declan Costello's Just Society programme.
• June 1 – Jill, a two-year-old elephant, arrives at Dublin Airport from India, heading for a new home at Dublin Zoo.
• September 5 – Taoiseach Seán Lemass attends celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.
• New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
• The death penalty is abolished for all but the murder of gardaí, diplomats and prison officers.