April 2017
History Selection |
![]() Drogheda
1902 |
![]() St Lawrence Gate
Drogheda |
![]() Viaduct
Drogheda |
![]() Obelisk
Drogheda |
![]() St Lawrence Gate
1907 |
![]() Boyne valley
Drogheda |
Ireland in 1996 |
January 14th: Sinn Féin stated that the idea of a new elected assembly at Stormont was a 'non-runner'. January 24th: The Mitchell Principles were proposed, suggesting six principles of demoracy and non-violence as conditions for entry into all-party talks in Northern Ireland. February 5th: The Football Association of Ireland appointed Mick McCarthy as manager of the Irish football team. February 9th: A large PIRA bomb exploded near Canary Wharf in London, marking the end of a 17-month IRA ceasefire. February 11th: TV drama Ballykissangel first aired. |
![]() Aftermath of the Canary Wharf bomb |
![]() Inside Crumlin Road Gaol |
March 4th: A period of 'proximity' talks began between Northern Irish parties. Sinn Féin was refused entry and the UUP and DUP refused to participate. March 11th: The Hepatitis Tribunal opened in Dublin. March 31st: The Crumlin Road (HM Prison) in Belfast closed. April 2nd: British Home Secretary Michael Howard introduced new emergency legislation to give police in Northern Ireland the right to 'stop and search' suspected members of paramilitary groups. April 24th: The IRA bombed Hammersmith Bridge in London. On the same day, the Dispatches programme claimed that the British government had been in secret talks with Sinn Féin since 1990. |
May 18th: Ireland won the Eurovision Song Content for the seventh time with The Voice, sung by Eimear Quinn. May 30th: Elections took place to the Northern Ireland Forum. June 6th: President Mary Robinson met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. June 7th: Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was shot dead by the IRA in Adare, County Limerick. June 10th: Talks began at Stormont. |
![]() Eimear Quinn at Eurovision |
![]() Kieran Kelly, jockey |
June 15th: The IRA bombed Manchester, injuring 200 people. June 17th: The Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of divorce. June 26th: Crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead in her car in Dublin. July 7th: The annual Drumcree standoff began, leading to rioting. There two related deaths. July 13th: The CIRA bombed the Kilyhelvin Hotel in Enniskillen. August 7th: Marie Jones' play Stones in His Pockets was premiered in Belfast. |
August 19th: Jimmy Smith, who had escaped from the Maze/Long Kesh prison in 1983, was extradited from the USA. September 25th: The last Magadelene asylum closed, in Waterford. September 26th: Enda Walsh's play Disco Pigs was premiered by the Corcadorca Theatre Comapny in Cork. October 1st: The radio station Belfast CityBeat began broadcasting. October 7th: The IRA exploded two bombs at Thiepval barracks, killing a soldier. |
![]() Veronica Guerin |
![]() Scene from 'Michael Collins' |
October 31st: Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), Ireland's first Irish language television station, was launched. November 3rd: Irish-language soap opera Ros na Rún was first aired. November 6th: The film Michael Collins was shown in Cork and Dublin. November 29th: It was reported that Dunnes Stores paid £208,000 for an extension to Minister Michael Lowry's house. December 13th: An EU summit opened in Dublin. EU leaders achieved a breakthrough in the argument over preparations for a single European currency. December 23rd: Sophie Toscan du Plantier, a French film-maker, was murdered outside her holiday home in Schull, County Cork. |
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The Story of Ireland: 1 of 5. Invasions The Story of Ireland: 2 of 5. Age of Conquest |
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The Rocky Road to Dublin James Stephens Macmillan and Co., Ltd, St. Martin's Street London 1915 |
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