[edit] Events - January 1 - Galway City begins celebrations marking its mayoral status granted by King Richard III in 1484.
- January 10 - Seán MacEntee, founder member of Fianna Fáil and former Tánaiste, dies aged 94. He was the last surviving member of the First Dáil.
- January 30 - Luke Kelly of the Dubliners dies aged 43.
- January 31 - Ann Lovett, aged 15, dies after giving birth to a baby boy in a grotto in Granard, County Longford.
- March 14 - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast.
- May 2 - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty.
- May 22 - The village of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary prepares for the visit of US President Ronald Reagan.
- June 3 - 10,000 people take part in an anti-Reagan march in Dublin.
- June 4 - President Reagan addresses a joint session of the houses of the Oireachtas.
- June 18 - European Parliament elections are held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
- July 14 - Columban missionary Fr Niall O'Brien, who was imprisoned in the Philippines, is released.
- July 17 - Some workers in Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin refuse to handle South African produce as a protest against apartheid.
- July 23 - The DART rail service between Howth and Bray is introduced.
- September 28 - The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to the network suffering overload as a result of a phone in competition on one of the illegal radio stations.
- October 1 - The University of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II.
- October 5 - In Dublin women workers in Dunnes Stores, who have been on strike for the past 11 weeks in support of a dispute over the handling of South African fruit, begin a sit-in at the store.
- October 12 - The IRA kills five people in a bomb attack at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the Conservative Party conference.
- November 5 - First broadcast of the RTE Radio morning current affairs program Morning Ireland
- 14 November: Irish Shipping Limited placed into liquidation
- November 8 - RTÉ's first newsreader, Charles Mitchel, reads his last news bulletin.
- December 2 - European Economic Community heads of government visit President Hillery and Mrs Hillery at Áras an Uachtaráin.
- December 7 - The most sophisticated naval vessel ever built in this country, the £25 million LÉ Eithne is commissioned at the Haulbowline naval base.
[edit] Arts and literature Kate O'Brien Weekend, in Limerick, celebrated for the first time Fr. Joseph Begley Ordained to Priesthood [edit] Births [edit] January to June - 2 January - Denis Behan, soccer player.
- 6 January - Stephen Elliott, soccer player.
- 10 January - Alan McCormack, soccer player.
- 10 February - John Fitzgerald, soccer player.
- 22 February - Tommy Bowe, international rugby player.
- 4 March - Kevin O'Brien, cricketer.
- 8 March - Nora Jane Noone, actress.
- 22 March - Aidan Collins, soccer player.
- 4 April - Willie O'Dwyer, Kilkenny hurler.
- 13 May - Mark O'Brien, soccer player.
- 11 June - Andy Lee, boxer.
[edit] July to December [edit] Full date unknown [edit] Deaths [edit] January to June - 1 January - Tarlach Ó Raifeartaigh, educationalist.
- 10 January - Seán MacEntee, Fianna Fáil TD and Tánaiste from 1959 to 1965 (b.1889).
- 24 January - Bernard Cowen, Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State (b.1932).
- 30 January - Luke Kelly, singer, folk musician and member of the band The Dubliners (b.1940).
- 3 March - Rinty Monaghan, world flyweight boxing championship (b.1920).
- 19 March - Charlie Ware, 83, Waterford hurler.
- 24 March - Fintan Kennedy, former General President of IT&GWU, member of the Seanad from 1969 to 1981.
- 6 April - Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter (b.(1902).
- 26 April - Kathleen Behan, mother of the Behans.
- June - Alec Mackie, soccer player (b.1903).
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