| Ireland in the 1950s and early 1960s |
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| Table of Contents |
| Politics |
| Culture and Society |
| Organisations |
| Key Individuals |
| Major Events |
| Northern Ireland |
| Other resources |
| Politics | |
| Mother and Child Scheme | Wikipedia |
| Irish General Election, 1951 | Wikipedia |
| An Act to Provide for the Adoption of Children, 1952 | Achtanna an Oireachtas |
| Adoption Act, 1952 | Irish Statute Book |
| Debate on unemployment in Dublin, 1953 | Historical Debates Oireachtas |
| Irish General Election, 1954 | Wikipedia |
| Irish Council of the European Movement founded, 1954 | University College Dublin |
| Petrol Rationing Debate, 1956 | Historical Debates Oireachtas |
| Irish General Election, 1957 | Wikipedia |
| Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1958 | Wikipedia |
| Transport Fuel and Power Order, 1959 | Irish Statute Book |
| Discussions on the P.A.Y.E. scheme, 1959 | Historical Debates Oireachtas |
| Debate on the Broadcasting Authority Bill, 1959 | Historical Debates Oireachtas |
| Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960 | Irish Statute Book |
| Culture and Society | |
| Censorship in the Republic of Ireland | Wikipedia |
| Censorship in mid-twentieth century Ireland | Mark Humphreys |
| The construction and destruction of a post-colonial landscape: monuments to British monarchs in Dublin before and after independence | Bristol University |
| The Gough Statue (destroyed by the IRA in 1957) | Quinnipiac University |
| Nelson's pillar (destroyed by the IRA in 1966) | Sky Scraper News |
| Working in the civil service, 1957 - 61 | Devlin Family |
| Later executions in Ireland | Wikipedia |
| The 'Ne Temere' decree | Eternal World TV Network |
| 'The Late Late Show' | Wikipedia |
| The birth of change in Irish education with particular reference to business studies | Studies Irish Review |
| A history of neglect: industrial schools in Ireland | Paddy Doyle |
| Lifting the Green Curtain: Ireland in the 1960s | Time magazine |
| The changing face of the Cork opera house | Cork Opera House |
| Organisations | |
| Irish Farmers' Association | Wikipedia |
| Censorship of Publications Board | Wikipedia |
| Irish Congress of Trade Unions | Eurofound |
| Trade Union Organisation in Ireland, by Ruadhri Roberts (1959) | Trinity College Dublin |
| Voluntary Health Insurance Board | Wikipedia |
| Key Individuals | |
| Éamon De Valera | Wikipedia |
| Eamon De Valera | Áras an Uachtaráin |
| Eamon De Valera (multimedia) | RTÉ |
| John A. Costello | Wikipedia |
| Dr Noel Browne | Wikipedia |
| Dr Noel Browne (obituary) | UK Independent |
| Seán Moylan | Wikipedia |
| Jack Lynch the Lucky Feller (book review) | Socialist Democracy |
| Pope John XXIII: 1958 - 63 | Vatican |
| Pope John XXIII | Christianity Today |
| Brendan Behan | Ireland's Eye |
| Gay Byrne | BBC |
| James Dillon | Wikipedia |
| Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Wikipedia |
| Charles Haughey | Wikipedia |
| Dr Patrick Hillery | University College Dublin |
| Dr Patrick Hillery | Wikipedia |
| Seán Lemass | Wikipedia |
| Seán MacEntee | Wikipedia |
| Seán T. O'Kelly | Wikipedia |
| Richard Mulcahy | Wikipedia |
| Revd Adrian Fisher | University College Dublin |
| Owen Sheehy-Skeffington | Wikipedia |
| Northern Ireland | |
| Ferry disaster of 1953 | BBC |
| Brookeborough Ministry | Wikipedia |
| Border Campaign | Wikipedia |
| Border campaign - '50s republicans deserve recognition and gratitude | An Phoblacht |
| Why internment failed | Prospect Magazine |
| New light shed on IRA's border campaign | Irish Democrat |
| Reporting the last IRA 'stand down' | BBC |
| Robert McGladdery becomes the last man to be executed in Northern Ireland (1959) | Newry Journal |
| Louis Armstrong in Belfast, 1962 | RTÉ |
| The Campaign for Social Justice in Northern Ireland, 1964 | CAIN |
| The right-wing IRA of the 1950s | Workers Liberty |
| Other Resources | |
| Ireland and the Marshall Plan, 1947 - 57 | Four Courts Press |
| Newsclippings from 1951 on the Adoption Act | National Archives |
| Newsclippings on the civil service pay dispute of 1953 | National Archives |
| History of Maynooth College | Maynooth College |
| EU History: 1945 - 1959 | Europa |
| Ireland and the UN | Irish Military |
| Timeline: 1950 to 1960 in Ireland | Teachnet |
| History of the Irish Police | Police History |
| History of the Grand Canal | Schools Integration Project |
| History of Cork Airport | Cork Airport |
| John F. Kennedy and Ireland | John F. Kennedy Museum |
| De Valera's letter of condolence on the death of Kennedy | National Archives |
| Funeral of John F. Kennedy | BBC |
| Statistics on the Gaeltacht and the Irish Language | Irish Gaelic Translator |
| Obsessive Historian: De Valera and the Policing of his Reputation | Royal Irish Academy |
| Limerick after the Emergency | Wikipedia |