1950 in Ireland
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See also: 1949 in Ireland, other events of 1950, 1951 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
Events
- March 12 - 83 people die when a plane carrying rugby fans home from Belfast crashes in Wales.
- May 12 - Nationalist Senators and MPs in Northern Ireland ask the government of the Republic to give Northern-elected representatives seats in the Dáil and Seanad.
- July 1 -- Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, hiterto British Representative, Republic of Ireland becomes the first British Ambassador to Ireland
- August 11 - At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembley in Strasbourg Irish representatives vote against Winston Churchill's plan for a European Army.
- November 2 - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, dies aged 94.
Arts and literature
Sports
Mayo are All Ireland Gaelic Football ChampionsBirths
- February 16 - Peter Hain. 16th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- February 25 - Neil Jordan, director, writer and producer.
- May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, actor.
- May 22 - Bill Whelan, composer of Riverdance
- May 23 - Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin MP, MLA, and Chief Negotiator.
- June 1 - Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West and Cabinet Minister
- August 29 - Dick Spring, former Tánaiste, leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister.
- September 5 - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, member European Court of Auditors, former Fianna Fáil TD, former Cabinet Minister.
Deaths
- April 26 - The McGillycuddy of the Reeks, farmer, served in Seanad from 1928 to 1931
- May 5 - Art O'Connor, civil engineer and architect, member of 1st Dáil representing Kildare, Minister for Agriculture from 1921 to 1922
- June 11 - Stephen Lucius Gwynn, journalist, Nationalist MP representing Galway (1906 - 1918), served as lieutenant with Connaught Rangers in World War I
- November 2 - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1925.
- November 9 - Dermot Lynch, member of 1st Dáil representing Cork South East
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