1976 in Northern Ireland

1976 in Northern Ireland

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 [ [http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html Larkspirit Irish History] ] .
* Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize. [ [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1976/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1976] ]

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Crusaders

*Irish Cup::Winners: Carrick Rangers 2 - 1 Linfield

Births

*25 March - Francis Bellew, Gaelic footballer.
*30 March - Mark McClelland, musician, formerly with Snow Patrol.
*24 May - Maclean Stewart, actor.
*3 June - Paul Berry, former Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
*15 June - Gary Lightbody, musician with Snow Patrol.
*18 August - Damaen Kelly, boxer.
*25 October - Steve Jones, footballer.
*29 October - Stephen Craigan, footballer.
*Ian McCrea, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.

Deaths

*4 May - Hugh Delargy, British Labour Party politician and MP (b.1908).
*29 July - Knox Cunningham, barrister, businessman and Ulster Unionist politician (b.1909).
*7 October - Michael O'Neill, nationalist politician and MP (b.1909).
*4 December - W. F. McCoy, Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (b.1886).

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