See also: 1953 in Ireland, other events of 1954, 1955 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 11 - The Irish Council of the European Movement is formed in Dublin.
• January 19 - The government announces that the new Cork Airport will be built at Ballygarvan, four miles south of the city.
• February 19 - Captain Henry Harrison , the last surviving member of the party led by Charles Stewart Parnell, dies aged 87.
• April 20 - Michael Manning, aged 25, is executed in Mountjoy Jail . he is the last person to be judicially executed in the State.
• May 5 - At its headquarters in Kingsbridge, CIÉ signs a £4.75 million contract to replace its steam trains with diesel locomotives.
• May 16 - 30,000 march through Dublin city in a huge Marian Year procession. It is the city's greatest display of Catholic faith since the International Eucharistic Congress since 1932.
• May 18 - Fianna Fáil lose four seats in the general election. The second inter-party government under John A. Costello comes to power.
• June 28 - Alfie Byrne is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the tenth time.
• July 5 - Dublin Corporation decides that Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street will not be removed.
• August 23 - A KLM plane en route from New York to Amsterdam crashes after a stopover at Shannon Airport.
• September 5 - 27 people die when a KLM plane crashes two minutes after leaving Shannon Airport.
• October 16 - A marble plaque is unveiled at Westland Row, Dublin to mark the centenary of the birth of Oscar Wilde.

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• May 13 - Johnny Logan, singer and songwriter.

Deaths