Society for the promotion of Georgian architecture. 16 June – Brendan Behan's one-act Irish language play was first performed at the Damer Theatre in Dublin. 14 October – The English adaptation of , The Hostage, was first performed by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. 28 October – Samuel Beckett's monologue Krapp's Last Tape was first performed by Patrick Magee at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Samuel Beckett's novel The Unnamable was published in English. Behan's autobiographical Borstal Boy was published in London. On 12 November it was banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board. Thomas Kinsella's poetry Another September was published in Dublin. Patrick MacDonogh's poetry One Landscape Still was published. John Montague's poetry Forms of Exile was published. The Oxford Book of Irish Verse, XVIIth century-XXth century, edited by Donagh MacDonagh and Lennox Robinson, was published. Sports Association football Football World Cup (The Republic of Ireland did not qualify for the 1958 world cup) Northern Ireland: Group stage Northern Ireland 1–1 Czechoslovakia Northern Ireland 1–1 Argentina Northern Ireland 1–1 West Germany Northern Ireland entered group playoff stage Northern Ireland 2–1 Czechoslovakia AET Northern Ireland qualified for the quarterfinal stage Northern Ireland 0–4 France Northern Ireland were knocked out at the quarterfinal stage Births 1 January – Liam Fennelly, Kilkenny hurler 27 January – Synan Braddish, soccer player 1 February – Seán Fleming, Fianna Fáil TD for Laois–Offaly 2 February – Paddy Prendergast, Kilkenny hurler 16 February – Fintan O'Toole, journalist and drama critic 1 April – Stephen O'Rahilly, Irish-British physician and academic 19 April – Denis O'Brien, entrepreneur 30 April – James Hewitt, soldier and lover of Diana, Princess of Wales 6 May Tommy Byrne, motor racing driver Ivor Callely, Fianna Fáil politician, member of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, TD and Minister of State 8 May – Roddy Doyle, novelist, dramatist and screenwriter 11 May – Conor Hayes, Galway hurler and manager 2 June – John Buckley, Cork hurler 7 June – Aidan Fogarty, Offaly hurler 8 June Louise Richardson, political scientist and university vice-chancellor Niall Williams, writer 5 July – Veronica Guerin, journalist (murdered by drug dealers in 1996) 10 July – Fiona Shaw, actress 11 July – Martin Doherty, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 16 July – Michael Flatley, American dancer 10 September – Siobhan Fahey, musician 16 September – Maura O'Connell, singer 18 September – John