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January 3 - Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrive in Ireland for a seven-day visit.

February 21 - The new Garda Síochána training centre is opened in Templemore, County Tipperary .

March 16 - Sean Lemass arrives in London to officially launch Ireland Week.

March 21 - Brendan Behan 's funeral takes place in Dublin .

May 23 - President De Valera , An Taoiseach Sean Lemass and An Tánaiste Seán MacEntee attend the official opening of the US Embassy in Dublin .

May 26 - The Fine Gael parliamentary party approves Declan Costello 's ''Just Society'' programme.

June 1 - Jill, a two-year-old elephant, arrives at Dublin Airport from India . She is headed to a new home at Dublin Zoo .

September 5 - An Taoiseach Sean Lemass attends celebrations marking the silver jubilee of the first commercial transatlantic flight.

September 19 - The Abbey Theatre , Dublin closes in mourning for playwright Sean O'Casey who has died.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

SPORTS

BIRTHS

July 31 - Jim Corr , guitarist with The Corrs ..

DEATHS

March 20 - Brendan Behan , poet, novelist and playwright.

September 18 - Sean O'Casey , dramatist, nationalist and socialist.