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((Short description|List of events in Ireland in 1961))
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Events in the year '''1961 in Ireland'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]: [[Éamon de Valera]]
* [[Taoiseach]]: [[Seán Lemass]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])
* [[Tánaiste]]:  [[Seán MacEntee]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]: [[James Ryan (Irish politician)|James Ryan]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: 
**[[Conor Maguire (judge)|Conor Maguire]] (until 11 June 1961)
**[[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]] (from 16 June 1961)
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: 
**[[16th Dáil|16th]] (until 8 September 1961)
**[[17th Dáil|17th]] (from 11 October 1961)
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: 
**[[9th Seanad|9th]] (until 1 September 1961)
**[[10th Seanad|10th]] (from 14 December 1961)

==Events==
* 6 January – Lieutenant-General [[Seán Mac Eoin]] left [[Dublin]] for to the [[Belgian Congo|Congo]]. He was taking up his new post as General Commanding Officer of the [[United Nations]].
* 20 January – [[John F. Kennedy]] became [[President of the United States]], the first of Irish-Catholic descent.
* 27 January – Laid-up tanker ''Trigonosemus'' broke free from her moorings during a gale in [[Lough Swilly]].
* 9 April – The national census showed that [[County Cork]]'s population had reached an all-time low, with just 330,000 (in the late 1950s it was 336,000).
* 10 June – President [[Éamon de Valera]] and Mrs. [[Sinéad de Valera]] greeted [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier]] and [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace]] of Monaco at their home, [[Áras an Uachtaráin]] during the couple's state visit to Ireland.
* 15 June – Prince Rainier and Princess Grace took tea in the [[Kelly homestead, Drimurla]], near [[Newport, County Mayo]] from which the Princess's grandfather, John Henry Kelly, set off for America almost 100 years before.
* 16 September – Atlantic [[Hurricane Debbie (1961)|Hurricane Debbie]] made landfall at [[Dooega]] on [[Achill Island]], then tracked across [[County Mayo]], the only known [[tropical cyclone]] to make landfall in Ireland. Winds gusted up to 114&nbsp;mph (183&nbsp;km/h) off [[Arranmore]].
* 4 October – [[1961 Irish general election]]: The [[Fianna Fáil]] party under [[Seán Lemass]] retained most seats and formed a minority government when members of the [[17th Dáil]] assembled on 11 October. 
* 25 October – St. John's Church in [[Sligo]] was reconstituted as the Cathedral Church for the [[Church of Ireland]] [[Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh|dioceses of Elphin and Ardagh]], under the name of the Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Baptist.<ref>((cite web|title=History of St. John's|url=http://sligocathedral.elphin.anglican.org/?page_id=164|publisher=Sligo Cathedral Group|year=2011|access-date=2012-07-20))</ref>
* November – [[Minister for Justice (Ireland)|Minister for Justice]] [[Charles Haughey]] established military courts which handed down long prison sentences to convicted [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Irish Republican Army]] men.
* 10 November – The [[Guinness]] ship ''Lady Gwendolen'' rammed and sank the ''Freshfield'', anchored in fog in the [[River Mersey]].
* 20 December – The last [[Execution (legal)|legal execution]] in Ireland, of [[Robert McGladdery]] for murder, occurred in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]].
* 31 December – [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|Telefís Éireann]] went on the air as President de Valera inaugurated the new service. The station's first broadcast was a New Year countdown with celebrations at the Gresham Hotel and [[O'Connell Street]], [[Dublin]], relayed from the [[Kippure]] transmitter.
* The last [[Irish Sea]] sail-using cargo vessel (and the last sail ship to trade on the [[River Mersey]] in [[Liverpool]]), the [[Arklow]] auxiliary [[schooner]] ''De Wadden'', ceased trading commercially.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation/departments/shipkeeping/ Liverpool Museum website]</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Marine/Boating_Heritage.pdf |title=The Heritage Council of Ireland |access-date=29 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927174243/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Marine/Boating_Heritage.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* German writer [[Enno Stephan]]'s book ''Geheimauftrag Irland: Deutsche Agenten im Irischen Untergrundkampf 1939-1945'' gave the first full account of Nazi spies in Ireland during [[The Emergency (Ireland)|"The Emergency"]] (the World War II period in Ireland).

==Arts and literature==
* [[Dominic Behan]]'s autobiography ''Tell Dublin I Miss Her'' and autobiographical novel ''Teems of Times'' were published.
* [[John Montague (poet)|John Montague]]'s poetry ''Poisoned Lands'' was published.
* [[Tom Murphy (playwright)|Tom Murphy]]'s play ''[[A Whistle in the Dark]]'' premièred at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] in [[London]].

==Sports==
* [[St Patrick's Athletic]] won the [[FAI Cup]].
* [[Drumcondra F.C.]] won the [[League of Ireland]].
* [[Linfield F.C.]] won the [[Northern Ireland Football League|Irish League]] and the [[Irish Cup]] double.

==Births==
* 5 January – [[Rachel Hardiman]], Irish cricketer
* 6 January – [[Fergal Keane]], writer and broadcast journalist.
* 19 January – [[Eoghan Corry]], journalist and author.
* 25 January – [[Liam Currams]], [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] hurler and Gaelic footballer.
* 28 February – [[Barry McGuigan]], world [[featherweight]] champion boxer.
* 8 March – [[Kevin Hennessy]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler.
* 20 March – [[Michael O'Leary (Ryanair)|Michael O'Leary]], chief executive of the low-cost airline [[Ryanair]].
* 27 March – [[Mark Cohen (cricketer)|Mark Cohen]], cricketer.
* 28 March – [[Orla Brady]], actress.
* 17 May
** [[Enya]], singer.
** [[Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh]], fiddle player and singer.
* 21 May – [[John Cregan (politician)|John Cregan]], [[Fianna Fáil]] party [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for [[Limerick West (Dáil constituency)|Limerick West]].
* 1 June – [[Michael Nugent]], writer and dramatist.
* 2 June – [[Liam Cunningham (actor)|Liam Cunningham]], actor.
* 3 July – [[Mark Keane (cognitive scientist)|Mark Keane]], [[cognitive scientist]] and author.
* 7 August – [[Roddy Collins]], association football player and manager.
* 8 August – [[David Howell Evans|The Edge]], guitarist with [[U2]].
* 27 August – [[John Hodgins]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler.
* 30 August – [[Ger Cunningham]], Cork hurler.
* 25 September – [[Ronnie Whelan]], soccer player.
* 13 October – [[Michael Walsh (Kilkenny hurler)|Michael Walsh]], [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] hurler.
* 25 October – [[Willie Walsh (Irish businessman)|Willie Walsh]], chief executive officer of [[Aer Lingus]] and [[British Airways]].
* 27 October – [[Margaret Mazzantini]], writer.
* 31 October – [[Larry Mullen]], rock drummer with U2.
* 8 November – [[Seán Haughey]], Fianna Fáil TD for [[Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-East]], son of [[Charles Haughey]] and [[Maureen Haughey]].
* 11 December – [[Dave King (Irish singer)|Dave King]], vocalist and songwriter.
* 12 December – [[Daniel O'Donnell (Irish singer)|Daniel O'Donnell]], singer.
* Full date unknown
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** [[Michelle Rocca]], socialite.
** [[Kevin Sharkey]], songwriter and painter.
** [[John Spillane]], singer songwriter.

==Deaths==
* 14 January – [[Barry Fitzgerald]], Academy Award-winning actor (born 1888).
* 18 January – [[Joseph Connolly (Irish politician)|Joseph Connolly]], Fianna Fáil politician (born 1885).
* 4 February – [[Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford]], politician, dramatist and poet (born 1902).
* 7 May – [[Carmel Snow]], journalist and editor of the American edition of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' from 1934 to 1958 (born 1887).
* 12 August – [[Sir Ion Hamilton Benn, 1st Baronet]], businessman and British politician (born 1863).
* 25 September – [[James Crichton (VC)|James Crichton]], soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1918 at [[Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut|Crèvecœur]], France (born 1879).
* 6 October – [[Achey Kelly]], cricketer (born 1903).
* 16 November – [[T. C. Hammond]], Anglican clergyman, Principal of [[Moore Theological College]], [[Sydney]] (born 1877).
* 8 December – [[Séumas Robinson (Irish republican)|Séumas Robinson]], member of [[Irish Volunteers]] and [[Irish Republican Army]] (born 1888).
* 24 December – [[Con Clifford]], retired [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] [[Gaelic football]]er and businessman (born 1887).
* Full date unknown<!--This is a description list; please see [[Help:List]] before changing--> – [[Patrick MacDonogh]], poet (born 1902).

==See also==
* [[1961 in Irish television]]

==References==
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