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.
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