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Events
- 5 January - Kingsmill massacre: ten Protestant men killed in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), using the cover name "South Armagh Republican Action Force".
- 1 March - Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland.
- 4 March - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
- 12 March - Lenny Murphy, leader of the Shankill Butchers, is arrested, but his gang continue to murder.
- 15 July - Four prisoners escape when bombs explode in the Special Criminal Court, Dublin.
- 21 July - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a landmine at Sandyford, Co. Dublin.
- 10 August - Three children die when are hit by a car whose driver, an IRA fugitive named Danny Lennon, is fatally shot by British troops. A witness, Betty Williams, is inspired to set up Women for Peace.[1]
- 14 August - 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland.
- 14 September - Ciaran Nugent is first IRA man to be admitted to the Maze Prison without Special Category Status. He becomes the first blanketman.[2]
- November - The Provisional Irish Republican Army restructures on cellular lines.[3]
- 10 December - Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize.[4]
- Ruth Patterson becomes the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.[5]
Arts and literature
Sport
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- Winners: Crusaders
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- Winners: Carrick Rangers 2 - 1 Linfield
Births
- 25 March - Francis Bellew, Gaelic footballer.
- 30 March - Mark McClelland, musician, formerly with Snow Patrol.
- 24 May - Maclean Stewart, actor.
- 3 June - Paul Berry, former Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
- 15 June - Gary Lightbody, musician with Snow Patrol.
- 18 August - Damaen Kelly, boxer.
- 25 October - Steve Jones, footballer.
- 29 October - Stephen Craigan, footballer.
- Ian McCrea, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
Deaths
References
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- ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize 1976
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