1984 in Ireland

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1 Events
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January 1 - Galway City begins celebrations marking its mayoral status granted by King Richard III in 1484.
January 10 - Seán MacEntee, founder member of Fianna Fáil and former Tánaiste, dies aged 94. He was the last surviving member of the First Dáil.
January 30 - Luke Kelly of the Dubliners dies aged 43.
January 31 - Ann Lovett, aged 15, dies after giving birth to a baby boy in a grotto in Granard, County Longford.
March 14 - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast.
May 2 - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty.
May 22 - The village of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary prepares for the visit of US President Ronald Reagan.
June 3 - 10,000 people take part in an anti-Reagan march in Dublin.
June 4 - President Reagan addresses a joint session of the houses of the Oireachtas.
June 18 - European Parliament elections are held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
July 14 - Columban missionary Fr Niall O'Brien, who was imprisoned in the Philippines, is released.
July 17 - Some workers in Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin refuse to handle South African produce as a protest against apartheid.
July 23 - The DART rail service between Howth and Bray is introduced.
September 28 - The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to the network suffering overload as a result of a phone in competition on one of the illegal radio stations.
October 1 - The University of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II.
October 5 - In Dublin women workers in Dunnes Stores, who have been on strike for the past 11 weeks in support of a dispute over the handling of South African fruit, begin a sit-in at the store.
October 12 - The IRA kills five people in a bomb attack at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the Conservative Party conference.
November 8 - RTÉ's first newsreader, Charles Mitchel, reads his last news bulletin.
December 2 - EEC heads of government visit President Hillery and Mrs Hillery at Áras an Uachtaráin.
December 7 - The most sophisticated naval vessel ever built in this country, the £25 million LÉ Eithne is commissioned at the Haulbowline naval base.