1954 in Ireland - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • June 16 - The first public celebration of "Bloomsday" takes place in Dublin. Writers Flann O'Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin travel in a horse drawn coach stopping at numerous pubs to retrace the steps of the characters from James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
  • November 19 - Brendan Behan's first play, The Quare Fellow, premières at the Pike Theatre, Dublin, to great reviews.
  • First Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival.
  • English-born painter Derek Hill settles at St Columb's Rectory, near Churchill, County Donegal.
  • Publication of Christy Brown's autobiography My Left Foot.
  • Publication of Iris Murdoch's first novel, Under the Net.

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