1977 in Northern Ireland
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Events
- 29 May - A massive peace rally takes place in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad CorriganMairead CorriganMairead Maguire , also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a Northern Irish peace activist. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in...
and Ciarán McKeownCiaran McKeownCiaran McKeown is a former peace activist in Northern Ireland.Born in Derry to a Roman Catholic family, McKeown served as a Dominican novice for eight months in his youth. He then attended Queen's University Belfast, where he studied philosophy, becoming the first Catholic to be elected president...
. - May - Shankill ButchersShankill ButchersThe Shankill Butchers is the name given to an Ulster loyalist gang, many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force . The gang conducted paramilitary activities during the 1970s in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was most notorious for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder of random...
are arrested. - 10 August - Elizabeth II visits Northern Ireland as part of her Silver JubileeSilver Jubilee of Elizabeth IIThe Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth realms...
celebrations under tight security. - September - Rev. Ian PaisleyIan PaisleyIan Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...
launches the Save Ulster from SodomySave Ulster from SodomySave Ulster from Sodomy was a political campaign launched in 1977 by the Rev. Ian Paisley, MP, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and Free Presbyterian Church, to prevent the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in Northern Ireland...
campaign to oppose the decriminalisation of homosexuality. - 10 October - The Peace Movement founders, Mairéad CorriganMairead CorriganMairead Maguire , also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a Northern Irish peace activist. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in...
and Betty Williams win the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Football
- Irish League
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- Winners: GlentoranGlentoran F.C.Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
- Winners: Glentoran
- Irish CupIrish CupFor the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
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- Winners: ColeraineColeraine F.C.Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...
4 - 1 LinfieldLinfield F.C.Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
- Winners: Coleraine
Births
- 10 March- Colin MurrayColin MurrayColin Murray is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. He is the current host of the BBC Television show Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, and the BBC Radio 5 Live shows 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk, as well as a show on BBC Radio Ulster. He has previously hosted regular...
, Radio DJ. - 16 July - Bryan BuddBryan BuddBryan James Budd VC was a Northern Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, Parachute Regiment Corporal killed on active service in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and posthumously awarded the Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
(d.20062006 in Northern Ireland- Events :*30 January - Postal workers enter a 20 day wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service.*25 February - Rioting in Dublin as Republican protesters organise counter protests to a "Love Ulster" parade in the city, which subsequently become violent.*17 March - New Oncology...
). - 10 August - Danny GriffinDanny GriffinDaniel Joseph "Danny" Griffin is a Northern Irish footballer who is currently without a club. He is primarily a defender, but he can play in midfield.-Career:...
, footballer. - 23 August - Davy LarmourDavy LarmourDavid James "Davy" Larmour is a football player who plays as a forward for Larne F.C..He began his professional career with Liverpool, after trials with Crystal Palace and Rangers...
, footballer. - 11 September - Enda MuldoonEnda MuldoonEnda "The Big Easy" Muldoon is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry. He has won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National League titles with the county, as well as Ulster Minor, Ulster Under 21 and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships...
, Gaelic footballer. - 15 October - Paul McKee, sprint athlete.
- 6 December - Paul McVeighPaul McVeighPaul Michael McVeigh is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Norwich City.-Club career:...
, footballer. - 16 December - Darren FitzgeraldDarren FitzgeraldDarren Fitzgerald is a Northern Irish football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Ards F.C...
, footballer.
Deaths
- 3 March - Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern IrelandPrime Minister of Northern IrelandThe Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...
, Ulster Unionist PartyUlster Unionist PartyThe Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
MP (b.19211921 in Northern Ireland-Events:*13 May - As nominations close in the elections for both Northern and Southern parliaments, Sinn Féin takes 124 of the 128 seats available in the Southern parliament...
). - 17 April - William ConwayWilliam ConwayWilliam Conway may refer to:*William Conway , Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland*William Conway , 19th century American sailor...
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Archbishop of Armagh (b.19131913 in Ireland-Events:*30 January - At Westminster the House of Lords rejects the Home Rule Bill by 326 to 69.*7 July - The Home Rule Bill is once again carried in the House of Commons, despite attempts by Bonar Law to obstruct it....
). - 24 April - Geoffrey BingGeoffrey BingGeoffrey Henry Cecil Bing was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955....
, lawyer and Labour politician in UK (b.19091909 in Ireland-Events:*31 October - The Royal University of Ireland is dissolved.*14 December - In the large hall of the National University in Dublin, Ernest Shackleton delivers a lecture entitled 'Nearest the South Pole.'...
). - 2 June - Stephen BoydStephen BoydStephen Boyd was an Irish actor, from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in around 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in Ben-Hur.-Biography:...
, actor (b.19311931 in Northern Ireland-Football:*The Northern Ireland international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.*Irish League*Irish Cup-Births:*15 February - John Erritt, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service ....
). - 1 August - Bill LougheryBill LougheryWilliam Gordon Ridley "Bill" Loughery was an Irish cricketer...
, cricketer (b.19071907 in Ireland-Events:*2 January - A new system of rail cars running from Amien Street in Dublin to Howth is introduced.*5 January - The first motor show, under the auspices of the Irish Automobile Club, opens in the RDS Dublin....
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