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List of events in Ireland in 1980
Events from the year 1980 in Ireland .
Incumbents
Events
January – Jorge Bergoglio, the future
Pope Francis , arrived in Ireland for three months to learn English at
Milltown College in
Milltown, Dublin .
[1]
9 January –
Taoiseach
Charles Haughey addressed the nation on television on the matter of worsening public finances.
31 January – A new £20 note was introduced bearing an image of the poet
W. B. Yeats .
13 February – Ireland's first
ATM machine opened, the
Bank of Ireland Pass machine.
17 February – The eighth century Derrynaflan Hoard, including the
Derrynaflan Chalice , was discovered in a bog in Lurgoe,
County Tipperary .
[2]
24 March – The first dedicated bus lane in
Dublin was opened by the
CIÉ bus company on
Parliament Street . The 250 metre
contraflow lane allowed buses and emergency service vehicles to travel in the opposite direction to other traffic.
[3]
19 April –
Johnny Logan won the
Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song "
What's Another Year ".
1 August – Eighteen people died in the
Buttevant Rail Disaster .
8 August – Ten people died in the
Central Hotel fire in
Bundoran , County Donegal.
15 August – The first section of the
Wicklow Way – from
Marlay Park to
Luggala – was opened by
Jim Tunney TD, Minister of State for Education.
[4]
1 September – China's first
Ambassador to Ireland , Madame
Gong Pusheng , arrived in Dublin.
[5]
6 October – Justice
Mella Carroll was the first woman to reach the position of High Court Judge.
27 October – Over 2,000 people took part in the first
Dublin Marathon .
1 November – The
Health (Family Planning) Act 1979 came into operation, permitting the provision of
contraceptives by prescription.
2 November – The first edition of the
Sunday Tribune newspaper went on sale.
11 November – The
National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin admitted its first 200 students to the college.
8 December – Taoiseach Charles Haughey met with the British prime minister
Margaret Thatcher at
Dublin Castle . It was the first visit by a British prime minister since
Irish Independence .
19 December – Former Taoiseach
Jack Lynch was conferred with the freedom of his native city,
Cork .
Arts and literature
Sport
Golf
Births
11 January –
Liam O'Brien , actor.
14 January –
Clive Clarke , soccer player.
19 January –
Kevin McHugh , soccer player.
31 January –
Gary Doherty , soccer player.
1 February –
Justin Kehoe , golfer.
6 February –
Bernard Dunne , boxer.
28 February –
Denise Gough , actress.
3 March –
Toiréasa Ferris ,
Sinn Féin politician.
14 March –
Colin Healy , soccer player.
15 March –
Caitríona Perry , RTÉ news reporter.
3 April –
Mairead Ronan , television presenter.
9 April –
Jennifer Zamparelli , comedian and television presenter.
12 April –
Brian McFadden , singer and songwriter.
13 April –
Jason Maguire , jockey.
17 April –
Richie Baker , soccer player.
29 April –
Kian Egan , singer with
Westlife .
21 May –
Darragh Ryan , soccer player.
28 May –
Mark Feehily , singer with
Westlife .
3 June –
Ciarán Walsh , visual artist.
5 June –
Stephen Lucey ,
Limerick hurler.
6 June –
Colin Moran , Gaelic footballer.
16 June –
Richie Foran , soccer player.
19 June
3 July –
Donal O'Grady ,
Limerick hurler
8 July –
Robbie Keane , soccer player.
23 July –
Graham Canty ,
Cork Gaelic footballer.
13 August –
Paul Crowley , soccer player.
22 August –
Alan Reilly , soccer player.
12 September –
Richie Partridge , soccer player.
15 September –
Dean Delany , soccer player.
28 September –
Danny O'Connor , soccer player.
3 October –
Danny O'Donoghue , musician.
8 October –
Tony Buckley , rugby player.
27 October –
Peter Murphy , soccer player.
29 October –
Derek Kavanagh ,
Cork Gaelic footballer.
14 November –
James Ryall ,
Kilkenny hurler.
17 December –
Conor Armstrong , cricketer.
22 December –
Noel Hickey ,
Kilkenny hurler.
Full date unknown
Deaths
26 January –
John Doherty , fiddle player (born 1900).
14 March –
Gustavus Kelly , cricketer (born 1901).
2 May –
Cecile O'Rahilly , scholar of the
Celtic languages and writer (born 1894).
14 May –
Christine Longford , playwright (born 1900 in England).
11 June –
William J.E. Jessop , professor, represented
Dublin University in the
Seanad from 1951 to 1973.
25 June –
James Hamilton Delargy , folklorist.
2 July –
Tom Barry ,
guerrilla leader in the
Irish Republican Army during the
Irish War of Independence (born 1897).
5 July –
A. J. Potter , composer (born 1918).
13 July –
Joseph Brennan ,
Fianna Fáil
TD , Cabinet Minister and
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (born 1912).
24 August –
Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 at
Guyencourt , France (born 1888).
5 September – Eric Cross, scientist.
21 September –
Mick Gill ,
Galway and
Dublin hurler (born 1899).
7 November –
Frank Duff , founder of the
Legion of Mary (born 1889).
9 November –
Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy , journalist and author (born 1931).
10 November –
John Moyney , soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 north of
Broembeek ,
Belgium (born 1895).
22 November –
Norah McGuinness , artist (born 1901).
25 November –
Joseph Sweeney , member of
1st Dáil representing
West Donegal , (Pro Treaty) (born 1897).
16 December –
Roddy Connolly ,
Labour Party TD,
Seanad member, son of
James Connolly (born 1901).
24 December –
Arland Ussher , academic, essayist and translator (born 1899).
30 December –
Patrick Hennessy , painter (born 1915).
Full date unknown
See also
References