1955 in Ireland

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	1955 in Northern Ireland; Other events of 1955; List of years in Ireland

Notable things that happened in Ireland in 1955.

Incumbents

6 January – the National Farmers' Association was formed during a meeting of 1,200 people in Dublin.
14 January – Tony O'Reilly was named in the Irish rugby squad for his first cap in an international against France.
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 transmitter into service, its first permanent facility serving Northern Ireland, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35-kilowatt transmissions could also be readily received in much of Ireland.^[1]
September – United States Senator John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline visited Dublin for two days.^[2]^[3]
29 November – publication of the Greyhound Industry Bill paved the way for the establishment of the greyhound board, Bord na gCon.
12 December – Cork Opera House at Emmet Palace was destroyed by fire.
14 December – Ireland was admitted to the United Nations. Frederick Boland was appointed as its first ambassador.
Michael Sheehy's modern history Divided We Stand: A Study In Partition was published.

March – English language publication of Beckett's novel Molloy (in Paris and New York).
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.
Sigerson Clifford published his poetry collection, Ballads of a Bogman.

15 January – Paddy Burke, Fine Gael Senator.
18 January – Fergus Martin, artist.
2 February – Dermot Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth and Cabinet Minister.
15 March – John J. McGuinness, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.
27 March – Patrick McCabe, novelist.
29 March – Brendan Gleeson, actor.
1 April
- Bobby Aylward, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.
- Joe O'Reilly, Fine Gael Senator.
14 April – Simon Crowe, drummer with The Boomtown Rats.
17 April – Austin Brady, footballer.
24 April – Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party TD for Dún Laoghaire, leader of the Labour Party.
28 April – Mae Sexton, Progressive Democrats TD.
16 May – Páidí Ó Sé, Kerry Gaelic footballer and manager.
23 May
- Mary Black, folk singer.
- Luka Bloom, singer-songwriter and guitarist
30 May – Colm Tóibín, novelist and critic.
5 July – Sebastian Barry, playwright, novelist and poet.
6 July – William Wall, novelist, poet and short story writer.
20 July – Jem Finer, musician and composer.
16 August – James Reilly, Fine Gael TD for Dublin North and Minister for Health.
15 September – Brendan O'Carroll, comedian.
1 December – Pat Spillane, Kerry Gaelic footballer.
2 December – Joachim Kelly, Offaly hurler.
29 December – Pat Loughrey, Controller of BBC Northern Ireland, Director of BBC Nations and Regions and academic.
Full date unknown

John Callinan, Clare hurler.
Kevin Fennelly, Kilkenny hurler.
Michael Gleeson, Tipperary hurler.
Mick Holden, Gaelic footballer and hurler (died in 2007).
Peter Wyse Jackson, Director of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.
Maighead Ní Dhomhnaill, traditional singer.
Sean Power, Member of the States of Jersey.

22 January – Moira O'Neill, poet (born in 1864).
12 February – Thomas J. Moore, actor (born in 1883).
13 March – Evie Hone, painter and stained glass artist (born in 1894).
26 March – Thomas Farren, elected to Seanad Éireann in 1922 and 1931, member of the Labour Party.
4 May – Michael Colivet, manager Shannon Foundry, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), representing Limerick (born in 1882).
14 May – Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (born in 1885).
16 June – Stanislaus Joyce, scholar and writer, brother of James Joyce (born in 1884).
11 July – Frank Duffy, labour leader in the United States (born in 1861).
15 July – James Dolan, merchant, member of 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing Leitrim (born in 1882).
16 July – May Guinness, writer (born 1863).
18 July – Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (born in 1894).
14 September – Kathleen Lynn, physician and politician (born in 1874).
26 October – Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Síochána (born in 1885).

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