Arts and Literature
- March 20 - Ireland enters the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, represented by Butch Moore.
- John McGahern's novel The Dark is published.
- Iris Murdoch's novel The Red and the Green, with an Easter Rising setting, is published.
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