Events in the year 1960 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Éamon de Valera Taoiseach: Seán Lemass (FF) Tánaiste: Seán MacEntee (FF) Minister for Finance: James Ryan (FF) Chief Justice: Conor Maguire Dáil: 16th Seanad: 9th Events 13 January – The Broadcasting Authority Bill proposed to establish an authority to provide a national television service. 16 January – The last regular ship on the Cork–Glasgow crossing sailed, ending a 103-year-old service. 3 February – Frederick Henry Boland received the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 17 February – The Television Bill passed its final stage in Seanad Éireann (Senate). 26 February – Alitalia Flight 618: An airliner flying to New York crashed shortly after takeoff into a cemetery at Shannon, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. 8 March – MV Plassy was wrecked off the coast of Inisheer in the Aran Islands. 27 May – The last barge on the Grand Canal left Dublin carrying Guinness beer to Limerick, ending a 156-year-old service. 1 June – Radio Éireann was transferred from direct control of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to a separate public authority. 8 November – Nine Irish Army soldiers serving with the United Nations were killed in the Congo. 22 November – Funerals took place for the soldiers killed in the Congo. Arts and literature 5 February – The film, Mise Éire, by George Morrison with music by Seán Ó Riada, had its Dublin première at the Regal Cinema following a 27 January Gaeltacht première at Gweedore in County Donegal, the first feature-length Irish language film on general release. 13 February–March – Orson Welles appeared for the last time in a stage production, his adaptation Chimes at Midnight with the Gate Theatre Company (with which he began his professional career in 1931), opening at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, and transferring to the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. 23 August – Samuel Beckett's play The Old Tune (a translation of Pinget's La Manivelle into a Dublin setting) was first broadcast by the BBC. Patrick Kavanagh's poetry collection, Come Dance with Kitty Stobling, was published. Edna O'Brien's novel The Country Girls was published; it was prohibited in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board. Eoghan Ó Tuairisc's novel Murder in Three Moves was published. Sports Association football Shelbourne F.C. won the FAI Cup. Births 6 January – Miriam O'Callaghan, broadcaster.