- 1982 in Northern Ireland
Events
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19 February - TheDeLorean Car factory inBelfast is put intoreceivership .
*6 April -James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' forNorthern Ireland .
*10 May -Seamus Mallon of theSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is appointed toSeanad Éireann .
*20 October - Polling takes place in the Assembly elections inNorthern Ireland .
*21 October -Sinn Féin win first seats on Northern Ireland Assembly, withGerry Adams winning the Belfast West seat. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/21/newsid_2489000/2489349.stm 1982: Sinn Féin triumph in elections] ]
*27 October - Three RUC officers are killed by an IRA bomb nearLurgan . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478257.stm 1982: RUC officers killed by IRA bomb] ]
*6 December - TheIrish National Liberation Army kills 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn,Ballykelly ,County Londonderry . (See:Droppin Well bombing ).Arts and literature
*Graham Reid's play "
The Hidden Curriculum " is produced.
*Anne Devlin wins the Hennessy Literary Award for her short story, "Passages", which was adapted for television as "A Woman Calling".cite web | title=Anne Devlin | work= Alan Brodie Representation| url=http://www.alanbrodie.com/html/c.v/Anne%20Devlin%20cv.html | accessdate=2007-07-29]port
Football
* Football World Cup
:*Group stage::*Northern Ireland 0-0 Yugoslavia
::*Northern Ireland 1-1 Honduras
::*Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain
:::Northern Ireland qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup
:*Second group stage
::*Northern Ireland 2-2 Austria
::*Northern Ireland 1-0 France
:::Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup
*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 2 - 1 ColeraineMotorcycling
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Joey Dunlop wins the Formula One motorcycle world championship for the first time.Rugby Union
* The Ireland rugby team wins the Triple Crown for the first time since
1949 by beating Scotland 21-12 on21 February , having already beaten Wales and England.nooker
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Alex Higgins wins the World Professional Snooker Championship for the second time.Births
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27 January - Brian Close, footballer.
*25 February -Chris Baird , footballer.
*1 July -Kiera Chaplin , actress and model, granddaughter ofCharlie Chaplin .
*10 July - Mark Morrison, ice hockey player.
*5 October -Rónán Clarke , Gaelic footballer.Full date unknown
*
Jamie Dornan , model, musician and actor.
*Daithí McKay ,Sinn Féin MLA.
*Máire Nic an Bhaird , teacher andIrish language activist.Deaths
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5 February -George Crothers , cricketer (b.1909).
*26 March -Sam Kydd , actor (b.1915).
*14 August - Patrick Magee, actor (b.1922).
*16 November -Lenny Murphy , loyalistparamilitary and leader of theShankill Butchers (b.1952).References
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