1977 in Ireland Return to Years in Irish History |
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![]() Yeats crater on Mercury |
January: A baby boy died in an IRA bomb
explosion at Harmin Park near Belfast. |
February: A crater on Mercury was named
after the poet W.B. Yeats. The IRA began a campaign of assassinating business people. The first victim was Jeffrey Agate, Managing Director of the American Du Pont factory in Derry. |
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March: Twenty-six members of
the UVF were jailed, which helped curtail the activities of the UVF. April: The United Unionist Action Council, headed by Ian Paisley, threatened a strike in their demands for the return of majority rule and a tougher security presence. May: The UUAC strike lasted for thirteen days, but was judged a failure in comparison to the Ulster Workers Council strike of 1974. On the fifth day, the Peace People organised a rally in Belfast. The Misuse of Drugs Act was passed in the Republic. |
![]() Ian Paisley during the 1977 strike |
![]() Jack Lynch, 1977 |
June: Fianna Fáil were elected to
government with a twenty seat majority.
July: Jack Lynch was elected Taoiseach
by the 21st Dáil.
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland was granted recognition as a college of the National University of Ireland. |
August: Queen
Elizabeth visited Northern Ireland. Later in the month, American
President Jimmy Carter gave a keynote speech on the situation there. He
said America would support a representative government, and he asked
Americans to stop funding paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.
September: After
an outbreak of venereal disease in Irish, British and French horses,
Irish horses were prevented from entering the United States.
The Christian Brothers celebrated their 150th anniversary in Ennis, County Clare. |
![]() Queen Elizabeth in Northern Ireland |
![]() Betty Williams, one of the founders of the Peace People |
October: Mairéad Corrigan and
Betty Williams won the Nobel Prize for Peace after founding the Peace
Movement.
Off-duty policewoman Margaret Hearst was shot dead at her parents' home by the IRA. In the same month, Lenny Murphy was sentenced to prison on firearms offences. It was later revealed that he was leader of the Shankill Butchers. November: The National Council for Educational Awards was given the power to award degrees. December: The IRA carried out a series of firebomb attacks on hotels. |
Notable births in Ireland |
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![]() Lisa Burke February 4th |
![]() Francis Barrett February 7th |
![]() Damien Faulkner February 15th |
![]() Ian Clarke February 16th |
![]() Ronan Keating March 3rd |
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![]() Donal Óg Cusack, March 16th |
![]() Finghin Collins March 31st |
![]() Pádraic Joyce April 1st |
![]() Trevor Molloy April 14th |
![]() Joe Doyle May 8th |
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![]() Thomas Byrne June 1st |
![]() Jamie Costin June 1st |
![]() Michael Gomez June 21st |
![]() Ciara Durkin July 6th |
![]() Jonathan Rhys Meyers 27th July |
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![]() Colin Hawkins August 17th |
![]() Ian Harte August 31st |
![]() Michael Horan September 7th |
![]() Gavin Smith September 7th |
![]() Joe Deane November 15th |
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![]() Emma Ledden December 11th |
![]() Peter Stringer December 13th |
![]() Ollie Canning |
![]() Genevieve O'Reilly |
![]() Ste-V-Roc |
Notable Deaths in Ireland |
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Name | Date of death | Age |
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Patrick Cogan | 5th January | 73 | Independent TD |
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William Conway | 17th April | 64 | Archbishop of Armagh | |||
Bill Loughery | 1st August | 69 | Cricketer | |||
Seán Keating | 21st December | 88 | Painter |