1982 in Ireland
Events from the year 1982 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
21 January – Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy , was expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey .
27 January – Garret FitzGerald 's Fine Gael -Labour government was defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil was dissolved.
1 February – Corporal punishment was banned in schools.
18 February – General election : Fianna Fáil was the largest party.
9 March – 23rd Dáil assembled; Charles Haughey was elected Taoiseach .
12 March – The country's first crematorium was officially opened at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin .
6 April – James Prior launched 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland .
28 April – Work began on the Cork –Dublin natural gas pipeline.
2 May – The Government affirmed its neutrality in the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposed European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as did Italy).
10 May – Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party was appointed to Seanad Éireann .
24 May – Twenty thousand people across the country marched to protest against income tax and Pay Related Social Insurance changes.
20 July – The Irish Republican Army killed ten servicemen in bomb attacks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London .
16 August – The Attorney General Patrick Connolly resigned after a wanted double-murderer was found staying on his property; the ensuing scandal was later described as being "grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented " by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
6 October – Taoiseach Charles Haughey won a majority of 58 votes to 22 in an open ballot on Charlie McCreevy's motion of no confidence in his leadership.
15 October – Cork Airport celebrated its 21st birthday. The airport had yet to make a profit.
20 October – Polling took place in the Northern Ireland Assembly election . Sinn Féin won its first five seats in the Assembly , with Gerry Adams representing Belfast West .[ 1]
27 October – Pte Michael McAleavey, an Irish Army soldier on service with UNIFIL in South Lebanon , murdered three of his colleagues: Pte Peter Burke, Pte Thomas Murphy, and Cpl Gary Morrow.[ 2]
1 November - A newly-designed £50 note was launched featuring a portrait of musician Turlough O'Carolan .
2 November – Former leader of the Labour Party , Michael O'Leary , joined the Fine Gael Party.
4 November – The government lost a confidence motion in the Dáil by 82 votes to 80. President Hillery dissolved the 23rd Dáil.
24 November – General election : Fine Gael was the largest party.
1 December – Grafton Street in Dublin officially became a pedestrianised street.
6 December – Ballykelly disco bombing : The Irish National Liberation Army killed 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry .
14 December – The 24th Dáil assembled; Garret FitzGerald was elected Taoiseach.
Undated event: Rice Bridge replaced Redmond Bridge in Waterford City .
Arts and literature
11 March – Frank McGuinness 's first play, The Factory Girls Abbey Theatre 's Peacock stage in Dublin.[ 3]
22 April – Graham Reid 's play The Hidden Curriculum [ 3]
16 June (Bloomsday ) – Ulysses broadcastRTÉ Radio transmitted an uninterrupted, unabridged, 30-hour dramatised performance of James Joyce 's novel Ulysses Jacob's Award .
24 July – The second Slane Concert took place with The Rolling Stones , The J. Geils Band , The Chieftains , and George Thorogood and the Destroyers playing at Slane Castle .
September – Medbh McGuckian was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature , with a special prize to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed .[ 4] The Flower Master was published this year.
Maeve Binchy 's first novel Light a Penny Candle Unlicensed operator Radio Nova began broadcasting in Dublin.
Sport
Golf
Hurling
Rugby
Births
January to June
22 January – Alan McDermott , soccer player.
10 February – Keith Dunne , soccer player.
11 February – John Melligan , soccer player.
18 February – Damien Hayes , Galway hurler.
6 March – J. J. Delaney , Kilkenny hurler.
4 April – Robbie Hedderman , soccer player.
6 April – Philip Byrne , soccer player.
27 April – Cliff Byrne , soccer player.
27 April – Stephen O'Flynn , soccer player.
5 May – Noel O'Leary , Cork Gaelic footballer.
10 May – Alan Keely , soccer player (d. 2021).[ 5]
20 May – Wes Hoolahan , soccer player.[ 6]
19 June – Jackie Tyrrell , Kilkenny hurler.
July to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
1 January – Michael Hilliard , Fianna Fáil TD , Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1903).
16 January – Sir Basil Goulding, 3rd Baronet , cricketer, squash player and art collector (born 1909).
5 February – George Crothers , cricketer (born 1909).
16 February – Vivion de Valera , barrister, managing director of The Irish Press , Fianna Fáil TD representing Dublin North-West (born 1910).
3 March – Con Cottrell , Cork hurler (born 1917).
18 March – Patrick Smith , TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1901).
26 March – Sam Kydd , actor (born 1915).
26 May – Pamela Hinkson , novelist (born 1900).[ 7]
15 June – Johnny Callanan , Fianna Fáil TD (born 1910).
7 July – Charles Hill , cricketer (born 1903).
24 August – Eoghan Ó Tuairisc , poet and writer (born 1919).
13 September – Mick Mackey , Limerick hurler and first recipient of the All-Time All Star Award (hurling) (born 1912).
5 October – Séamus Ennis , uilleann piper , singer and folk-song collector (born 1919).
18 November – Hilton Edwards , actor, director, co-founder of Gate Theatre (born 1903 in London).
Full date unknown
See also
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