See also: 1957 in Ireland, other events of 1958, 1959 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• February 6 - Dublin's Liam Whelan are among the dead when a plane carrying the Manchester United team crashes in Munich.
• March 18 - An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera says he would be willing to have talks with the government of Northern Ireland on wider economic co-operation.
• March 20 - Work begins on the £80,000 restoration of the State rooms at Dublin Castle.
• May 10 - The Independent TD, John Murphy, resigns in protest at the indifference of the main political parties to the plight of the unemployed.
• May 12 - Ardmore Studios is opened by Sean Lemass.
• May 22 - The Minister for Education, Jack Lynch, tells the Dáil that the ruling requiring women teachers to retire on mariage is to be revoked.
• July 25 - £100 damages are awarded to a nine-year old who was beaten by his teacher in a national school.
• July 28 - The Carlisle Monument, an eight foot bronze statue, in the Phoenix Park is blown up in the early hours.
• August 6 - Australian athlete Herb Elliot shatters the world record for the mile at Santry Stadium , recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
• August 8 - The US Embassy in Merrion Square displays plans for a new embassy in Dublin.
• September 8 - Pan Am's Boeing 707 becomes the first jetliner to touch down on European soil at Shannon Airport.
• October 29 - The government announces that the ending of the proportional representation method of voting is to be put to the people in a referendum.
• November 4 - In the Vatican, An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera attends the four-hour coronation of Pope John XXIII.
• November 12 - Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy is banned by the Censorship of Publications Board .

Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• July 10 - Fiona Shaw, actress.

Deaths