1979 in Northern Ireland
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1979 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- February 20 - Eleven Protestants known as the Shankill Butchers are sentenced to life imprisonment for 19 sectarian murders[1].
- March 30 - Conservative NI spokesman Airey Neave killed by Irish National Liberation Army bomb in British House of Commons carpark[1].
- July 14 - In Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Gaelic Athletic Association supporters parade silently in protest against the British Army's commandeering of part of the local football pitch. Former Gaelic Athletic Association president Con Murphy addresses the crowd.
- August 27 - Lord Mountbatten, his 15-year-old son grandson and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell are killed by an IRA bomb on his fishing boat in County Sligo.
- August 27 - In the Warrenpoint Ambush the IRA kill 18 British soldiers in two bomb explosions.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Linfield
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- Winners: Cliftonville 3 - 2 Portadown
[edit] Births
- 15 May - Sean Friars, footballer.
- 25 May - Andy Kirk, footballer.
- 30 June - Darren Kelly, footballer.
- 5 August - Richard Graham, footballer.
- 5 August - David Healy, footballer.
- 8 November - Aaron Hughes, footballer.
- 5 December - Gareth McAuley, footballer.
[edit] Deaths
- 4 June - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, soldier and politician (b.1904).
