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Events in the year '''1962 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]]: [[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: [[17th Dáil|17th]]
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: [[10th Seanad|10th]]

==Events==
* 26 February – The [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Irish Republican Army]] officially called off its [[Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army)|Border Campaign]] in Northern Ireland.<ref>''The United Irishman'' March 1962 p. 1.</ref>
* 13 March – Irish artists left [[Dublin Airport]] for the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] to entertain [[United Nations]] troops there.
* 17 March – President [[Éamon de Valera]] and his wife [[Sinéad de Valera|Sinéad]] had a private audience with Pope [[John XXIII]] in Rome.
* 5 April – A final train ran on the west [[County Cork|Cork]] railway.
* 8 May – Irish troops left for a peace-keeping mission in the Congo.
* 6 July – [[Gay Byrne]] presented the first edition of ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' television programme on [[RTÉ|Telefís Éireann]]. He went on to present the show for 37 years.
* 13 July – Secretary General of the United Nations [[U Thant]] arrived in [[Dublin]]. He paid tribute to Irish soldiers who fought in the Congo.
* 21 August – Former United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]] arrived in [[Belfast]] on a four-day visit to Ireland.
* 13 November – [[Aer Lingus]] air hostesses received new uniforms. The colours were fern-green and St. Patrick's blue.

==Arts and literature==
* 30 June – The [[Theatre Royal, Dublin]] closed.
* 4 December – The first [[Jacob's Awards|Jacob's broadcasting awards]] ceremony took place in Dublin.
* [[Folk music of Ireland|Irish folk music]] group the [[Abbey Tavern Singers]] was formed in [[Howth]].
* Irish folk music band [[The Chieftains]] was formed by [[Paddy Moloney]] in Dublin.
* Irish folk music band [[The Dubliners]] was formed at [[O'Donoghue's Pub]] in Dublin.
* [[Eavan Boland]] published ''23 Poems'' while an undergraduate at [[Trinity College Dublin]].
* [[Ewart Milne]]'s poetry ''A Garland for the Green'' was published.
* [[Eoghan Ó Tuairisc]] published his [[Irish language]] prose epic ''L'Attaque'' in Dublin.
* [[Cecil Woodham-Smith]] published her history ''The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845–1849''.

==Sports==
===Association football===
* [[Shelbourne FC]] won the [[League of Ireland]] championship for the seventh time with a 1–0 play-off victory over [[Cork Celtic]] thanks to a [[Ben Hannigan]] goal.

==Births==
* 1 January – [[Jamie O'Neill]], author.
* 9 January – [[Ray Houghton]], association football player, in Scotland to an Irish father.
* 2 March – [[Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick]], children's author and illustrator.
* 13 April – [[Harry Kenny]], association football player.
* 7 May – [[Paul Kimmage]], cyclist and sports journalist.
* 9 June – [[Bobby Browne (footballer born 1962)|Bobby Browne]], association football player.
* 15 June – [[Martin Earley]], road bicycle racer.
* 26 June – [[Cyprian Brady]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]].
* 4 July – [[Martin Hayes (musician)|Martin Hayes]], fiddle player.
* 11 July – [[Pauline McLynn]], actress and writer.
* 14 July – [[Eamon Delaney]], author and journalist.
* 19 July – [[Caitríona Ruane]], [[Sinn Féin]] party [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] and Minister for Education in Northern Ireland.
* 14 August
** [[Dan Boyle (politician)|Dan Boyle]], former [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] TD, [[Seanad Éireann|senator]].
** [[Peter Eccles (footballer)|Peter Eccles]], association football player.
* 1 September – [[Tony Cascarino]], association football player.
* 11 October
** [[Anne Enright]], [[Man Booker Prize]]-winning author.
** [[Eddie Hobbs]], financial adviser and television presenter.
* 2 December – [[Kevin Brady (footballer)|Kevin Brady]], association football player.
* Full date unknown – [[Tom Spillane]], [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] Gaelic footballer.

==Deaths==
* 1 February – [[Thomas Westropp Bennett]], [[Cumann na nGaedheal]] party member of the Seanad, [[Cathaoirleach]] (chairperson) of the Seanad (born 1867).
* 13 March – [[Anne Acheson]], sculptor (born 1882).
* 14 March – [[Eileen Costello]], Independent member of the [[1922 Seanad]].
* 25 June – [[Robert Gwynn]], cricketer (born 1877).
* 4 July – [[William Harman]], cricketer (born 1869).
* 16 July – [[Frank Gallagher (author)|Frank Gallagher]], [[Irish Volunteers|Irish Volunteer]] and author (born 1893).
* 24 July – [[Margaret Buckley]], president of Sinn Féin party from 1937 to 1950 (born 1879).
* 26 October – [[Emily Anderson]], British [[Foreign Office]] cryptanalyst, scholar of German and musicologist, in London (born 1891).

==See also==
* [[1962 in Irish television]]

==References==
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1962 in Ireland - Revision history

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