1977 in Ireland

none July 2020 August 2022 1977 Events from the year 1977 in Ireland. Incumbents President: Patrick Hillery Taoiseach: Liam Cosgrave (FG) (until 5 July 1977) Jack Lynch (FF) (from 5 July 1977) Tánaiste: Brendan Corish (Lab) (until 5 July 1977) George Colley (FF) (from 5 July 1977) Minister for Finance: Richie Ryan (FG) (until 5 July 1977) George Colley (FF) (from 5 July 1977) Chief Justice: Tom O'Higgins Dáil: 20th (until 25 May 1977) 21st (from 5 July 1977) Seanad: 13th (until 26 May 1977) 14th (from 27 October 1977) Events June 2020 January 29 January – Seven Irish Republican Army bombs exploded in the West End of London, but there were no fatalities or serious injuries. February 4 February – British police discovered an IRA bomb factory in Liverpool. 10 February – The three IRA terrorists involved in the 1975 Balcombe Street Siege in London were sentenced to life imprisonment on six charges of murder. 21 February – A crater on the planet Mercury was named after the Irish poet W. B. Yeats. March 18 March – Six-year-old Mary Boyle from Kincasslagh vanished from her grandparents' farm near Ballyshannon in County Donegal. May 9 May – Ireland's first McDonald's restaurant opened on Grafton Street in Dublin. 26 May – Five soldiers were killed in the Glen of Imaal military training area in County Wicklow when an 81mm mortar exploded during a training exercise. Five injured in mortar mishap 1997-12-09 Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/five-injured-in-mortar-mishap/26200735.html 29 May – A massive peace rally took place in Belfast organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad Corrigan and Ciarán McKeown. June 15 June – Fianna Fáil won the 1977 general election with over 50 percent of the votes and a 20-seat majority. July 5 July – The 21st Dáil elected Jack Lynch as Taoiseach.http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0300/D.0300.197707050004.html Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Debates 300 5 July 1977 24 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302220125/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0300/D.0300.197707050004.html 2 March 2012 14 July – The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland was recognised as a college of the National University of Ireland. August 10 August – Queen Elizabeth II visited Northern Ireland under tight security as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations. September 10 September – Irish horses were prevented from entering the United States because of an outbreak of venereal disease in Irish, British and French horses.Multiple sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=383988&dopt=Abstract Contagious equine metritis – outbreak of the disease in Kentucky and laboratory methods for diagnosing the disease Swerczek T. W. J Reprod Fertil Suppl 1979 27 27 361–5 383988 http://www.cemquarantine.com/C.E.M.%20articlea.htm U.S. Importation of Mares and Stallions U.S.D.A. Quarantine Requirements Regarding Infectious Equine Diseases cemquarantine.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000251/http://www.cemquarantine.com/C.E.M.%20articlea.htm 28 September 2007 18 September – In Ennis, County Clare, the Christian Brothers celebrated their 150th anniversary. October 3 October – Fire broke out during the early hours at Dunsink Observatory near Finglas in Dublin. The building was badly damaged, and computing and electronic equipment was destroyed. Photographic plates, slides, and other photographic material were lost, along with many library contents including historical journals, textbooks, reference materials, and catalogues. Rubble removed to the nearby municipal dump included valuable Apollo 11 moonrock fragments donated to Ireland by the American government.Multiple sources: Dunsink Observatory—Outbreak of Fire, 3 October, 1977 Patrick Arthur Wayman March–June 1978 The Irish Astronomical Journal 13 5/6 156–160 Irish Astronomical Society 2025-01-15 http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1978IrAJ...13..156W&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_VIEW&classic=YES What has happened to Nasa's missing Moon rocks? From lunar landscape to Dublin dump Mark Bosworth 2022-02-19 BBC World Service https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16909592 Ireland's lost Apollo moon rock traced from basement to fire in docs 2024-12-31 CollectSpace http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-123124a-ireland-apollo-moon-rock-display-documents.html 22 October – A new £1 note was circulated, a green banknote depicting the mythical Queen Maeve of Connacht. November 18 November The National Council for Educational Awards was given degree awarding status. Following an eight-day visit to Ireland, Lillian Carter, the 79-year-old mother of the sitting United States president, Jimmy Carter, had a delayed departure when the Irish Transport and General Workers Union ground crew at Dublin Airport refused to service her departure plane at the request of the American Teamsters Union during its dispute with the aircraft charter company, Trans‐International Airways.Multiple sources: Lillian Carter and Visiting Group Detoured on Flight Back to U.S. 1977-11-20 New York Times 25 https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/20/archives/lillian-carter-and-visiting-group-detoured-on-flight-back-to-us.html Predicament of Mrs. Lillian Carter David Brinkley 1977-12-18 NBC Evening News https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/491373 Mrs Carter's eventful Irish visit Dermot Carmody 2019-10-01 NewsFour https://www.newsfour.ie/2019/10/mrs-carters-eventful-irish-visit/ Arts and literature June 2020 August – The Boomtown Rats' debut single "Lookin' After No. 1", written by Bob Geldof, was released in the United Kingdom. The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature was awarded to Desmond Hogan.James McElroy Ireland: A Traveler's Literary Companion Whereabouts Press 2007 147The Hogan File The Irish Times 2 April 2005Tim McDonough https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GGFhAAAAIBAJ&pg=2020,240150&dq=desmond+hogan&hl=en Irish Tales Have Rooney Angle Pittsburgh Press 2 January 1981 24 April 2012 Publication of Leland Bardwell's first novel Girl on a Bicycle in Dublin, set in 1940s Ireland. Publication of Paul Muldoon's poetry collection Mules. Publication of Niall Ó Dónaill's Irish-English dictionary ga Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla. Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (Ó Dónaill, 1977) Foras na Gaeilge This is a searchable electronic version of Ó Dónaill’s Irish-English Dictionary which was first published in 1977. 2025-01-15 https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/ Ó DÓNAILL, Niall (1908–1995) Diarmuid Breathnach Máire Ní Mhurchú 2025-01-15 ainm.ie National Database of Irish-language Biographies https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=1683 Sport June 2020 Association football The Republic of Ireland national football team failed to qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Gaelic sport In September, Cork Hurlers completed the 'three in a row'June 2020 by beating Wexford in the All-Ireland senior hurling final. Dublin footballers beat Armagh in the highest ever scoring All-Ireland senior football final. Golf Carroll's Irish Open was won by Hubert Green (USA). Births July 2020 January – Mickey O'Connell, Cork hurler. 4 January – Dan Shanahan, hurler and coach. 6 January David Flynn, composer and musician. Genevieve O'Reilly, actress. 7 January – Tomm Moore, twice Oscar-nominated animator and film maker. 10 January – Michelle O'Neill, née Doris, politician, First Minister of Northern Ireland. 7 February – Francis Barrett, boxer. 15 February – Damien Faulkner, motor racing driver. 16 February – Ian Clarke, software developer. 3 March – Ronan Keating, singer. 7 March – Ronan O'Gara, International rugby player. 16 March – Donal Óg Cusack, Cork hurling goalkeeper. 31 March – Finghin Collins, pianist. 1 April – Pádraic Joyce, Galway Gaelic footballer. 14 April Stephen Grant, association footballer. Trevor Malloy, association footballer. 19 April – Morgan McSweeney, UK political advisor. 7 May – Lisa Kelly, singer. 8 May – Joe Doyle, bass player. 9 May – Paul Lynch, novelist. 12 May – Barry Foley, Limerick hurler. 16 May – Robbie Ryan, association footballer. 22 May – Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Cork hurling and Gaelic football player 1 June Thomas Byrne, Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath East. Jamie Costin, race walker. 15 June – P. J. Ryan, Kilkenny hurler. 20 June – Hazel Kaneswaran, singer. 21 June Barry Archer, cricketer. Michael Gomez, boxer. 25 June – Daniel Kinahan, boxing promoter. 2 July – Laura Woods, radio and television presenter. 6 July – Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin Senator. 27 July – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, actor. 9 August – Caroline Morahan, actress and television presenter. 14 August – Tom Mulligan, Dublin Gaelic footballer (died 2007). 17 August – Colin Hawkins, association footballer. 18 August – Elaine Crowley, journalist, newsreader and television presenter. 21 August – Anthony Lynch, Cork Gaelic footballer. 25 August – Dessie Baker, association footballer. 31 August – Ian Harte, international association footballer. 7 September Marcus Horan, international rugby player. Timmy McCarthy, Cork hurling player. 15 September – Gavin Smith, motor racing driver. 15 November – Joe Deane, Cork hurling player. 3 December – Kerri Ann, pop singer. 11 December – Emma Ledden, television presenter. 13 December – Peter Stringer, rugby union player for Munster and Ireland. 27 December – Sinead Keenan, actress. Full date unknown John Browne, Cork hurler. Stephen Byrne, Offaly hurler. Ste V Roc, hip-hop artist and MC. Anthony Ruby, artist. Deaths June 2020 5 January – Patrick Cogan, Independent TD (born 1903). 17 April – William Conway, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh (born 1913). 24 April – Geoffrey Bing, lawyer and Labour politician in UK (born 1909). 14 June – Joe Keppel, comic performer (born 1894). 14 July – Fiona Plunkett, Republican (born 1896). 17 July – Micky Cross, hurler (Claughaun, Limerick, Munster, national team) (born 1902). 1 August – Bill Loughery, cricketer (born 1907). 21 December – Seán Keating, painter (born 1889). 23 December – Raymond McGrath, architect and interior designer (born 1903 in Australia). 26 December – Jimmy Walsh, Kilkenny hurler (born 1911). See also 1977 in Irish television References 1977 Category:1970s in Ireland Ireland Category:Years of the 20th century in Ireland