1982 in Northern Ireland

1982 in Northern Ireland

Events

*19 February - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.
*6 April - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
*10 May - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is appointed to Seanad Éireann.
*20 October - Polling takes place in the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
*21 October - Sinn Féin win first seats on Northern Ireland Assembly, with Gerry Adams winning the Belfast West seat. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/21/newsid_2489000/2489349.stm 1982: Sinn Féin triumph in elections] ]
*27 October - Three RUC officers are killed by an IRA bomb near Lurgan. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478257.stm 1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb] ]
*6 December - The Irish National Liberation Army kills 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry. (See: Droppin Well bombing).

Arts and literature

*Graham Reid's play "The Hidden Curriculum" is produced.
*Anne Devlin wins the Hennessy Literary Award for her short story, "Passages", which was adapted for television as "A Woman Calling".cite web | title=Anne Devlin | work= Alan Brodie Representation| url=http://www.alanbrodie.com/html/c.v/Anne%20Devlin%20cv.html | accessdate=2007-07-29]

port

Football

* Football World Cup

:*Group stage::*Northern Ireland 0-0 Yugoslavia

::*Northern Ireland 1-1 Honduras

::*Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain

:::Northern Ireland qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup

:*Second group stage

::*Northern Ireland 2-2 Austria

::*Northern Ireland 1-0 France

:::Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Linfield 2 - 1 Coleraine

Motorcycling

* Joey Dunlop wins the Formula One motorcycle world championship for the first time.

Rugby Union

* The Ireland rugby team wins the Triple Crown for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21-12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England.

nooker

* Alex Higgins wins the World Professional Snooker Championship for the second time.

Births

*27 January - Brian Close, footballer.
*25 February - Chris Baird, footballer.
*1 July - Kiera Chaplin, actress and model, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin.
*10 July - Mark Morrison, ice hockey player.
*5 October - Rónán Clarke, Gaelic footballer.

Full date unknown

*Jamie Dornan, model, musician and actor.
*Daithí McKay, Sinn Féin MLA.
*Máire Nic an Bhaird, teacher and Irish language activist.

Deaths

*5 February - George Crothers, cricketer (b.1909).
*26 March - Sam Kydd, actor (b.1915).
*14 August - Patrick Magee, actor (b.1922).
*16 November - Lenny Murphy, loyalist paramilitary and leader of the Shankill Butchers (b.1952).

References


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