1967 in Ireland - Events

Events

• 9 January — Demonstrations by the National Farmers' Association caused major chaos when farm machinery blocked many roads.
• 4 April — The Fianna Fáil party made a presentation to former Taoiseach Seán Lemass.
• 18 April — The Minister for Education, Donogh O'Malley, revealed his plan for a single multi-denominational University of Dublin. This would combine University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
• 30 June — Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Ireland for a holiday. She was received at Áras an Uachtaráin, where she was an overnight guest, by President Éamon de Valera and his wife, Sinéad. She was received in the evening by Taoiseach Jack Lynch and his wife Máirín at a state banquet at Dublin Castle.
• 1 July — Jacqueline Kennedy attended the Irish Sweeps Derby horse race at the Curragh with Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Mrs. Máirín Lynch.
• 4 August — Senator Margaret Mary Pearse, sister of Patrick Pearse and Willie Pearse, the executed 1916 leaders, was 89 today. She was greeted by President Éamon de Valera.
• 4 September — Ireland's free post-primary school transport scheme began. CIÉ brought 38,000 students to 350 schools.
• 4 November — Taoiseach Jack Lynch returned to Dublin following talks on the European Community with General Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
• 2 December — The poet Patrick Kavanagh was buried in his native Inniskeen, County Monaghan.
• 4 December — The first independent computer in this Ireland began operation at Shannon Airport.
• 11 December — Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill met for talks in Stormont. Lynch's car was snowballed by Ian Paisley and his supporters.
• 29 December — The Minister for Labour, Patrick Hillery, announced details of a new redundancy payments scheme which took effect from New Year's Day.