Born in 1955

A selection from Wikipedia's '1955 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

• 6 January – The National Farmers' Association was formed during a meeting of 1,200 people in Dublin.
• 17 March – (Saint Patrick's Day) – The Church of Ireland hallowed Trim Cathedral.
• 4 July – Denis Larkin was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, defeating 73-year-old Alfie Byrne.
• 21 July – The BBC brought its Divis television transmitter into service, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35-kilowatt transmissions could also be readily received in much of Ireland.
• 3 August – English language première of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, directed by Peter Hall, at the Arts Theatre in London.
• 28 October – Irish première of Waiting for Godot at the Pike Theatre in Dublin.
• 29 November – Publication of the Greyhound Industry Bill paved the way for the establishment of the greyhound board, Bord na gCon.
• 14 December – Ireland was admitted to the United Nations. Frederick Boland was appointed as its first ambassador.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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