Events from the year 1950 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Seán T. O'Kelly Taoiseach: John A. Costello (FG) Tánaiste: William Norton (Lab) Minister for Finance: Patrick McGilligan (FG) Chief Justice: Conor Maguire Dáil: 13th Seanad: 6th Events March – ESB's turf-fired power station at Portarlington officially opened. 12 March – Llandow air disaster: 83 people died when a plane carrying Welsh rugby fans home from Belfast crashed in South Wales. 12 May – Nationalist Senators and Members of Parliament in Northern Ireland asked the government of Ireland to give Northern-elected representatives seats in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. 1 July – Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, hitherto British Representative to Ireland, became the first British Ambassador to Ireland. (Frederick Boland was the first Irish ambassador to the United Kingdom.) August – Jacqueline Bouvier paid her first visit to Ireland with her step-brother Hugh D. Auchincloss following her studies at the Sorbonne. She attended the Dublin Horse Show, visited the Abbey Theatre, and met the Taoiseach, John A Costello. She and her brother also visited County Cork, where they kissed the Blarney Stone, as well as Galway, Kildare, Killarney, and Tipperary. Bouvier returned in 1955 as the wife of Senator John F. Kennedy, and once again in 1967.<ref>Priest’s letters confirm close friendship with Jackie Kennedy The Irish Times, 2014-05-15.</ref> 11 August – At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembly in Strasbourg Irish representatives voted against Winston Churchill's plan for a European army. Arts and literature 13 January – Siobhán McKenna starred in San Siobhán, her own translation of George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan'' into Irish. 2 November – George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, died aged 94 in England. American-born artist Helen Hooker (O'Malley) staged her first solo show, of sculpture at St Stephen's Green Gallery in Dublin. Canadian-born painter James Le Jeune settled in Ireland. The Chester Beatty Library was established in Dublin. Sport Association football League of Ireland Winners: Cork Athletic FAI Cup Winners: Transport 2–2, 2–2, 3–1 Cork Athletic. Gaelic Games Mayo were All Ireland Gaelic Football Champions. Golf Irish Open was won by Ossie Pickworth (Australia). Births 30 January – Paddy Keenan, uilleann pipes player. 25 February – Neil Jordan, director, writer and producer. 5 March – Patrick Cockburn, journalist. 12 March – Willie Duggan, rugby union player (died 2017). 18 March Pat McDonnell, Cork hurler. Bobby Miller, Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2006). 29 March – Miah