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1 January – 1954 was the first Marian year. There were many events and devotions to Mary, mother of Jesus, and shrines and statues were erected in public places. 11 January – The Irish Council of the European Movement was formed in Dublin. 19 January – The government announced that the new Cork Airport would be built at Ballygarvan, County Cork.
The Korean War (1950-1953) was fought between Soviet-backed North Korea and American-backed South Korea. The 1950s also saw the birth of a new kind of music which had far-reaching influence, Rock 'n Roll. In Ireland the 1950s were marked by economic stagnation and emigration.
Nov 20, 2019 · Updated / Wednesday, 20 Nov 2019 22:55. St Stephen's Green 1952 (Pic: Foundation HCB Paris/Magnum Photos) By Dyane Connor. An exhibition of rarely shown photographs portraying life in Ireland...
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Health of the Nation. In the early 1950s there were major changes in health care provision with a national based health system. An Bord Altranais, the Irish Nursing Board was established under the terms of the Nurses Act, 1950. New hospitals opened such as Cherry Orchard in Dublin which replaced the old Cork Street Fever Hospital.
What is clear is that the Second Interparty Government, led by taoiseach John A Costello, experimented in desperation from 1954 to 1957. Sandwiched between Éamon de Valera’s final two Fianna Fáil...
Nov 29, 2019 · The exhibition will include 20 images by renowned American photographer Dorothea Lange, taken in Dublin and County Clare in 1954. Along with 30 photos by Robert Cresswell, the Paris-based...
News from a new republic Ireland in the 1950s. This latest in the series by Tom Garvin on twentieth-century Ireland focuses on the 1950s, that pivotal decade during which Ireland belatedly caught up with the modern world. But it is history with a difference.
