1980 in Northern Ireland

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1980 in Northern Ireland

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 3.2 Boxing 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• January 1 - First national H-Block March^[1].
• October 27 - Seven Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) prisoners go on hungerstrike in Long Kesh^[1].
• December 8 - An Taoiseach Charles Haughey meets with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Dublin Castle. It is the first visit by a British prime minister since independence.
• December 15 - Start of 30 more IRA prisoners joining hungerstrike^[1].
• December 18 - Hunger striker Sean McKenna critically ill. Belief that settlement is imminent brings end to hungerstrike^[1].

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Crusaders

[edit] Boxing

• Hugh Russell wins Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Births

• 9 July - Michael Ingham, footballer.
• 11 September - Gerard McCabe, actor.
• 23 September - Malachi Cush, singer/songwriter.
• Zöe Salmon, Blue Peter presenter and former Miss Northern Ireland in 1999.

[edit] Deaths

• 22 November - Norah McGuinness, artist (b.1901).

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Larkspirit Irish History