1953 in Ireland
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See also: 1952 in Ireland, other events of 1953, 1954 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- January 18 - Sinn Féin decides to contest all 12 constituencies in the next Westminster election.
- March 15 - Up to 10,000 civil servants march down O'Connell Street, Dublin demanding a just wage.
- March 16 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. asks the American Congress to favour a United Ireland.
- April 27 - Maud Gonne MacBride dies at her home in Dublin aged 88.
- June 3 - 500 unemployed men march at Kildare Street demanding employment not dole.
- July 6 - 1,000 unemployed people sit on O'Connell Bridge for 15 minutes in protest.
- August 2 - Murlough Bay in the Antrim Glens is chosen as the future grave of Roger Casement. An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera calls for the return of his remains.
- August 29 - Kilmainham Gaol is to be preserved as a national monument.
- September 21 - The Irish Ploughing Team leaves Dublin for the World Ploughing Championships in Canada.
- October 28 - Three of Dáil Éireann's Independent TDs become members of Fianna Fáil.
- December 18 - The Censorship Board bans almost 100 publications on the grounds that they are indecent or obscene.
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Arts and literature
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Sports
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Births
- March 1 - Richard Bruton, Deputy-Leader of Fine Gael and former Cabinet Minister.
- March 11 - Mary Harney, current Tánaiste and leader of the Progressive Democrats.
- May 16 - Pierce Brosnan, actor.
- May 30 - Colm Meaney, actor.
- July 29 - Frank McGuinness, playwright and poet.
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