A Look Back At

Born in 1969

What Was Life Like in 1969?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Jack Lynch

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

3s 8d/gal

Loaf of Bread

1s 1d

Average House

£4,200

Weekly Wage

£9 10s

Events of 1969 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 10 January – Protestors in Northern Ireland defied police orders to abandon a planned march.
  • 10 May – Following his shock resignation as president of France on April 28, Charles de Gaulle landed at Cork Airport with his wife Yvonne and aide-de-camp General François Flohic to begin an unannounced six-week private visit to Ireland, until June 19.
  • 18 June – The 1969 Irish general election for Dáil Éireann was held.
  • 20 July – Telefís Éireann, which normally stopped broadcasting by midnight during the 1960s, transmitted its first all-night programme when the first men landed on the Moon at 9.17 pm, Irish time. The moonwalk began at 3.39 the next morning and ended at 6.11.
  • 21 July – A message of goodwill from President Éamon De Valera, along with messages from 72 other heads of state, was placed on the surface of the moon by astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the first moonwalk, performed during the Apollo 11 mission.
  • 13 August – As the Battle of the Bogside continued, Taoiseach Jack Lynch made a speech on television saying that the Irish government "can no longer stand by" and demanded a United Nations peace-keeping force for Northern Ireland.
  • 10 September – The British Army started to construct the first of the Northern Ireland 'Peacelines' on the Falls–Shankill divide in Belfast, marking the first of many 'Peacewall' constructions across the city.
  • 26 December – One of the winged statues at the base of the O'Connell Monument in Dublin was destroyed in the early hours of the morning by a time-bomb that had been placed behind it the previous day by the UVF. No injuries were reported.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Hot Wheels
  • Nerf Ball
  • Snoopy Astronaut

Irish Chart Song in 1969

I'll Never Fall in Love Again

Bobbie Gentry