1976 in Northern Ireland

	1976 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1976 in the United Kingdom 1976 in Ireland Other events of 1976

[edit] Events

January 5 - Kingsmill massacre: ten Protestant men killed in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), using the cover name "South Armagh Republican Action Force".
March 1 - Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland.
March 4 - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
March 31 - A large quantity of money is stolen from a CIE train at Sallins, County Kildare, the "Sallins Train Robbery".
July 15 - Four prisoners escape when bombs explode in the Special Criminal Court, Dublin.
July 21 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a landmine at Sandyford, Co. Dublin.
August 14 - 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland.
September 14 - Ciaran Nugent is first IRA man to be admitted to the Maze Prison without Special Category Status. He becomes the first blanketman^[1].
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize. ^[2]