See also: 1967 in Ireland, other events of 1968, 1969 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 8 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill meet for talks in Dublin.
• March 10 - Minister for Education Donagh O'Malley collapses and dies while campaigning in County Clare.
• March 17 - A seat to commemorate the poet Patrick Kavanagh is unveiled alongside the Grand Canal in Dublin.
• March 24 - An Aer Lingus aircraft, St Phelim, plunges into the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock killing all 57 passengers.
• May 29 - President de Valera opens the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in New Ross, County Wexford.
• June 6 - Ireland mourns the loss of Senator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated. Dáil Éireann pays tribute and a book of condolence is opened.
• September 18 - George Best is the star atrraction as Manchester United beat Waterford City 3-1 at Lansdowne Road.
• October 5 - Police in Derry baton-charge a Northern Ireland civil rights march.
• October 8 - 20 new traffic wardens are introduced on Dublin's streets.
• October 25 - the New University of Ulster is opened in Coleraine, County Derry.
• December 13 - According to the Economic and Social Research Institute 60% of undergraduates in this country will emigrate on graduation.

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