1958 In Ireland

1957 In Ireland ,
Other Events Of 1958 ,
1959 In Ireland and the
List Of 'years In Ireland' .

EVENTS

February 6 - Dublin 's Liam Whelan is among the dead when a plane carrying the Manchester United team crashes in Munich .

March 18 - An Taoiseach Eamon De Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland on wider economic co-operation.

March 20 - Work begins on the £80,000 restoration of the State rooms at Dublin Castle .

May 10 - The Independent TD , John Murphy , resigns in protest at the indifference of the main political parties to the plight of the unemployed.

May 12 - Ardmore Studios is opened by Sean Lemass .

May 22 - The Minister For Education , Jack Lynch , tells the Dáil that the ruling requiring women teachers to retire on marriage is to be revoked.

July 25 - £100 damages are awarded to a nine-year old who was beaten by his teacher in a national school.

July 28 - The Carlisle Monument, an eight foot bronze statue in the Phoenix Park , is blown up in the early hours.

August 6 - Australia n athlete Herb Elliott shatters the world record for the mile at Santry Stadium , recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.

August 8 - The US Embassy in Merrion Square displays plans for a new embassy in Dublin .

September 8 - Pan Am 's Boeing 707 becomes the first jetliner to touch down on European soil at Shannon Airport .

October 29 - The government announces that the ending of the Proportional Representation method of voting is to be put to the people in a referendum.

November 4 - In the Vatican , An Taoiseach Eamon De Valera attends the four-hour coronation of Pope John XXIII .

November 12 - Brendan Behan 's ''Borstal Boy'' is banned by the Censorship Of Publications Board .

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SPORTS

Football World Cup

Group stage

Northern Ireland 1-1 Czechoslovakia

Northern Ireland 1-1 Argentina

Northern Ireland 1-1 West Germany

:::Northern Ireland enter group play off stage the World Cup

Northern Ireland 2-1 Czechoslovakia AET

:::Northern Ireland qualify for the quarter final stage of the World Cup

Northern Ireland 0-4 France

:::Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup

: The Republic Of Ireland did not qualify fot the 1958 world cup

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July 10 - Fiona Shaw , actress.

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