- 1968 in Northern Ireland
Events
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8 January - An TaoiseachJack Lynch and Northern Ireland Prime MinisterTerence O'Neill meet for talks inDublin .
*20 June -Austin Currie , MP atStormont , along with others, squats a house inCaledon to protest discrimination in housing allocations.
*5 October - A civil rights march inDerry , which included several Stormont and British MPs, is batoned off the streets by theRoyal Ulster Constabulary .
*9 October - Following a student demonstration inBelfast , thePeople's Democracy was formed [http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html Larkspirit Irish History] ] .
*25 October - TheNew University of Ulster is opened inColeraine ,County Londonderry .
*30 October - An TaoiseachJack Lynch calls for an end to partition to resolve the unrest.
*4 November - Northern Ireland Prime MinisterTerence O'Neill says there will be no end to partition without the consent of the Northern Ireland parliament.
*22 November -Terence O'Neill announces five point plan to ease Catholic grievances on housing allocation council elections.
*11 December -William Craig , NI Minister of Home Affairs, is dismissed from the Northern Ireland cabinet.
*20 December - People's Democracy announce Belfast to Derry march.Arts and literature
port
Football
*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Crusaders 2 - 0 Linfield*
George Best becomes the first Northern Irish footballer to pick up a European Cup winner medals asManchester United defeatBenfica in the final at Wembley Stadium.
*September 18 -George Best is the star attraction as Manchester United beat Waterford City 3-1 atLansdowne Road .Golf
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Curtis Cup is held atRoyal County Down Golf Club , (winners:United States ).Births
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12 March -Kieran McKeever ,Derry GAA hurler and Gaelic footballer.
*9 May -Niall Donnelly , television journalist.
*9 May -Ruth Kelly , British Labour politician,Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government , and MP for Bolton West.
*10 June -Gary McCausland , property developer and television presenter.
*14 August -Darren Clarke , golfer.
*18 November -Barry Hunter , footballer and football manager.
*22 December -Stephen Smyth , cricketer.Full date unknown
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Colin Harper , music journalist.
*John McCaffrey , fundraising professional.
*Sharon Owens , writer.
*Peter Weir,Democratic Unionist Party MLA.Deaths
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8 February -Louise McIlroy , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine for Women (b.1874).
*11 September -Denis McCullough ,Irish Volunteers and elected to the 4th Dáil Éireann (b.1883).
*10 December - George Forrest, Ulster Unionist MP for Mid Ulster.
*12 December -Sam Irving , footballer and football manager (b.1883).Full date unknown
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William Conor , artist (b.1881).References
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