public celebration of Bloomsday took place in Dublin. Writers Flann O'Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin travelled in a horse-drawn coach stopping at numerous pubs to retrace the steps of the characters from James Joyce's novel Ulysses. 16 October – A marble plaque was unveiled at Westland Row, Dublin, to mark the centenary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 19 November – Brendan Behan's first play, The Quare Fellow, premièred at the Pike Theatre, Dublin, to great reviews. The first Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival was held. English-born painter Derek Hill settled at St Columb's Rectory, near Churchill, County Donegal. Publication of Christy Brown's autobiography My Left Foot. Publication of Iris Murdoch's first novel, Under the Net. Sport Association football League of Ireland Winners: Shamrock Rovers FAI Cup Winners: Drumcondra 1–0 St Patrick's Athletic. Births 3 January – Fintan Cullen, art historian and writer. 10 January – Bairbre de Brún, Sinn Féin MEP and first Sinn Féin politician to represent Northern Ireland in the European Parliament. 22 January – Ger Fennelly, Kilkenny hurler. 26 January – Sean O'Callaghan, Provisional Irish Republican Army member and Garda Síochána informer (died 2017). 8 March – Dermot Keely, soccer player and manager. 12 March – Francis Martin O'Donnell, United Nations official. 6 April – Billy Fitzpatrick, Kilkenny hurler. 11 April – Michael Lyster, RTÉ sports broadcaster. 15 April – Michael Willis, only official IRA member to escape from Crumlin Road prison. 25 April – Róisín Shortall, Labour Party TD for Dublin North-West. 29 April – Gavan O'Herlihy, actor. 30 April – Gerry Daly, soccer player. 5 May – Ger Henderson, Kilkenny hurler. 13 May – Johnny Logan, born Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, singer and songwriter (born in Australia). 25 May – Daragh O'Malley, actor. 6 June – Tim O'Reilly, computer software promoter. 6 July – Tim Kennelly, Gaelic footballer with Kerry (died 2005). 23 July – Arthur Morgan, Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoner, Sinn Féin TD for Louth. 27 July – Pat Delaney, Offaly hurler. 28 July – Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer (Kerry). 3 August – George Birmingham, Fine Gael politician. 5 August – Paddy Glackin, fiddle player. 12 August – Brian Cody, Kilkenny hurler, manager. 22 August – Jimmy Barry-Murphy, hurler and Gaelic footballer (St. Finbarr's, Cork, Munster). 8 September – Áine Brady, Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare North. 3 October – Mick Holden, Gaelic footballer and hurler (died in 2007).