Arts and Literature
- Playwrights John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy settle in County Galway.
- John Banville's novel Nightspawn is published.
- Thomas Kilroy's novel The Big Chapel is published.
- Seán Ó Ríordáin poetry collection Línte Liombó is published.
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