1978 in Northern Ireland

Events

*18 January - The European Court of Human Rights finds Britain guilty of "inhuman and degrading treatment" of republican internees in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
*17 February - The IRA La Mon restaurant bombing kills 12 people.
*1 June - David Cook of the Alliance Party becomes the first non-unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast.
*21 June - An outbreak of shooting between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/21/newsid_2518000/2518375.stm 1978: Four dead in post office shootings] ]
*The Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast is purchased by the National Trust.
*Belfast Zoo reopens following renovation by Belfast City Council.
*Belfast City Council begins a major renovation of Belfast Castle.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Ballymena United

Births

*1 January - Phillip Mulryne, soccer player.
*17 January - Warren Feeney, soccer player.
*21 January - Paul Leeman, soccer player.
*12 April - Graham Little, television presenter and journalist.
*23 July - Stuart Elliott, soccer player.
*8 September - Colin Nixon, soccer player.
*23 October - Paul Morgan, soccer player.
*30 October - Liam Burns, soccer player.
*18 November - Damien Johnson, soccer player.
*6 December - Rigsy, radio and television presenter and DJ.

Full date unknown

*Carolyn Jess-Cooke, writer and academic.
*Andre Shoukri, former member of the Ulster Defence Association.

Deaths

*January - Jake McMahon, unsolved murder victim (b.1959).

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