See also: 1957 in Ireland, other events of 1958, 1959 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a timeline of the history of Ireland. ...

Events

• February 6 - Dublin's Liam Whelan is 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 marriage 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 Elliott 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.

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Arts and literature

Sports

Births

• July 10 - Fiona Shaw, actress.

July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ...

Deaths