Arts and Literature
- June 30 - The Theatre Royal, Dublin, closes.
- December 4 - The first Jacob's Awards ceremony takes place in Dublin.
- The Irish folk music band The Chieftains is formed by Paddy Moloney in Dublin.
- The Irish folk music band The Dubliners is formed at O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin.
- Cecil Woodham-Smith publishes her history The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849.
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“The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement.”
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