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Pages in category "1950s in Ireland" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1950 in Ireland;
August – Future first lady of the United States Jacqueline Bouvier paid her first visit to Ireland with her step-brother, Hugh D. Auchincloss, following her studies at the Sorbonne. She attended the Dublin Horse Show, visited the Abbey Theatre, and met the Taoiseach, John A. Costello.
The following is a list of events related to television in Ireland during the 1950s. The television service for the Irish Republic did not begin until 1961, but preparations for its introduction were being made throughout the 1950s, while in Northern Ireland the first television service came on air in 1955 with the launch of the BBC television service for Northern Ireland.
20 April – Michael Manning, carter, convicted of murder and hanged, last person executed in the Republic of Ireland (born 1929). 1 May – James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865). 2 May – Elinor Darwin, engraver and portrait painter (born 1871).
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Although Cillian Murphy read the acclaimed Irish book “Small Things Like These” during the Covid-19 lockdown and was “floored by it,” it was the Oscar winner’s wife, Yvonne McGuinness ...
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 93: Boyne coracle: 1928: National Museum of Ireland – Country Life: 94: Eileen Gray chair: 1926: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 95: Emigrant's suitcase: 1950s: National Museum of Ireland – Country Life: 96: Washing machine: 1950s: Irish Agricultural ...
Early TV remotes worked with a spring-loaded hammer striking a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency, requiring no batteries. Image credits: antesocial #11