A Look Back At

Born in 1950

What Was Life Like in 1950?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

John A. Costello

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

1s 6d/gal

Loaf of Bread

4d

Average House

£1,200

Weekly Wage

£3

Events of 1950 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 January – Siobhán McKenna starred in San Siobhán, her own translation of George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan into Irish.
  • 12 May – Nationalist senators and members of parliament in Northern Ireland asked the Government of Ireland to give Northern-elected representatives seats in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
  • 1 July – Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, hitherto British Representative to Ireland, became the first British Ambassador to Ireland. (Frederick Boland was the first Irish ambassador to the United Kingdom.)
  • 11 August – At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg Irish representatives voted against British Leader of the Opposition Winston Churchill's plan for a European army.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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