1976 in Ireland

1976
in
Ireland
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See also:1976 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 1976
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1976 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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March

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April

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  • 3 April – The last passenger train ran on the LimerickClaremorris line ending an 80-year north–south link along the western seaboard.

May

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  • 17 May – Tim Severin and his crew set sail from Dingle to America in the leather boat Brendan, tracing the route of the legendary 6th-century Irish monk, Brendan the Navigator. The Brendan reached Canada in June 1977.

June

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  • 29 June – The 20th century's highest temperature record in Ireland was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) at Boora, County Offaly. The overall highest on record was in 1887.[1]

July

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  • July – The rock band Horslips gave a rooftop performance from Bank of Ireland headquarters on Baggot Street in Dublin.[2][3]
  • 15 July – Four prisoners escaped when bombs exploded in the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
  • 21 July – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, were killed by a landmine at Sandyford, County Dublin.

September

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  • 1 September – The state of emergency in the Republic, which was legally in force since 1939, was lifted.[4]
  • 23 September – The President, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, consulted with the Council of State for four hours on whether to refer the Emergency Powers legislation to the Supreme Court.

October

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November

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  • 20 November – National Peace Day was marked with marches, church services, and bell ringing.

December

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Arts and literature

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Sport

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Golf

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Births

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Full date unknown

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Temperature in Ireland". met.ie. Met Éireann. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ Dublin Encounters RTÉ. Retrieved: 2023-02-02.
  3. ^ Horslips - King of the Faries (Performance video). YouTube.com. Retrieved: 2023-02-02.
  4. ^ Greene, Alan (2018). Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law: Constitutions in an Age of Crisis. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-5099-0617-8. Retrieved 22 February 2020.; "National Emergency: Motion (Resumed)". Dáil debates. 292. Oireachtas: cc119–256. 1 September 1976. Retrieved 22 February 2020.; "National Emergency: Motion (Resumed)". Seanad Debates. 85. Oireachtas: cc105–212. 1 September 1976. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1976". Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ^ "End of Term". PlayographyIreland. Dublin: Irish Theatre Institute. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. ^ "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. 7 May 1976.
  8. ^ "Breandan O hEithir, Irish Writer, Dies at 60". The New York Times. 2 October 1990.
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