1950 in Ireland
See also:
1949 in Ireland,
other events of 1950,
1951 in Ireland and the
list of 'years in Ireland'.
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EventsMarch 12 - 83 people die when a plane carrying rugby fans home from Belfast crashes in Wales.May 12 - Nationalist Senators and MPs in Northern Ireland ask the government of the Republic to give Northern-elected representatives seats in the Dáil and Seanad.August 11 - At a meeting of the European Consultative Assembley in Strasbourg Irish representatives vote agains Winston Churchill's plan for a European Army.November 2 - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and critic, dies aged 94.
Arts and literature
Sports
Births February 25 - Neil Jordan, director, writer and producer. May 12 - Gabriel Byrne, actor. May 23 - Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator. August 29 - Dick Spring, former Tánaiste, leader of the Labour Party and Cabinet Minister. September 5 - Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, former Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.
Deaths November 2 - George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature..
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