1972 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- January 30 - Bloody Sunday: Thirteen unarmed civilians are shot dead in Derry as British paratroopers open fire on a banned civil rights march. A fourteenth, John Johnston, was also to die some months later after having been shot by a paratrooper.
- February 9 - A day of disruption takes place in Northern Ireland as people take to the streets in protest.
- February 10 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) announces a ceasefire.
- February 12 - William Craig launches the Ulster Vanguard Movement in Lisburn.
- 24 March - Stormont suspended as Prime Minister resigns.[1]
- 19 April - a report into the Bloody Sunday shootings by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Widgery, exonerates the British troops of blame because the demonstration had been illegal.[2]
- 30 May - Official IRA declares a cease fire in Northern Ireland.[3]
- 3 June - a Protestant demonstration in Derry against the creation of "no-go" areas in the city ends in violence.[4]
- 13 June-14 June - Provisional IRA proposes ceasefire. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), as intermediaries, make offer to British, who accept terms.[1]
- 9 July - End of British-IRA ceasefire[1].
- July 21 - Bloody Friday (1972): Nine people die and over one hundred are injured in a series of IRA explosions in Belfast city centre.
- July 31 - Claudy Bombing: Three car bombs kill six people immediately, with three later dying from their injuries. It is suspected as an IRA bomb.
- July 31 - Operation Motorman: British troops invade no-go areas in Belfast, Derry and Newry.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Athletics
- Mary Peters becomes the first Irish woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Glentoran
- On 13 October 1972 Derry City withdrew from senior football in the Irish League due to security problems in the Brandywell Stadium area.
[edit] Motorcycling
- Ulster Grand Prix cancelled due to the political situation.
[edit] Snooker
- Alex Higgins wins the World Professional Snooker Championship.
[edit] Births
- 15 January - Derek Heasley, cricketer.
- 24 January - Éamonn Burns, Gaelic footballer.
- 12 February - Owen Nolan, ice hockey player.
- 6 March - Terry Murphy, snooker player.
- 21 June - Neil Doak, former cricketer and rugby player.
- 9 July - Darren Corbett, boxer.
- 1 November - Kevin Horlock, soccer player.
- 1 November - Gillian Sewell, field hockey player in Canada.
- 24 November - Iain Jenkins, soccer player.
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- Gary Arbuthnot, flautist.
- Bronagh Gallagher, singer and actress.
- Sinead Morrissey, poet.
- Stephen Paul McClelland, cyclist
[edit] Deaths
- 22 February - Eva McGown, Official Hostess of Fairbanks and Honorary Hostess of Alaska (b.1883).
- 15 April - Joe McCann, Official Irish Republican Army volunteer killed by British soldiers (b.1947).
