- 1980 in Ireland
Events
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January 9 -Charles Haughey addresses the nation bytelevision on the matter of its worsening finances.
*March 25 -CIÉ s first bus lane comes into operation on Parliament Street inDublin .
*April 19 - Johnny Logan wins theEurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song 'What's Another Year.'
*May 1 - TheDerrynaflan Chalice is discovered in a bog.
*August 1 - Eighteen people die in theButtevant Rail Disaster
*August 8 - Ten people die in theCentral Hotel Fire, Bundoran
*September 1 -China 's first Ambassador to Ireland,Madame Gong Pusheng , arrives inDublin .
*October 6 - JusticeMella Carroll is the first woman to reach the position of High Court Judge.
*October 27 - Over 2,000 people take part in the firstRTÉ Radio 2 Dublin City Marathon.
*November 1 - The controversial Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979 comes into operation.
*November 11 -National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin admitts its first students to the college, a total of 200 students.
*December 8 - An TaoiseachCharles Haughey meets with theBritish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher atDublin Castle . It is the first visit by a British prime minister since independence.
*December 19 - FormerTaoiseach Jack Lynch is conferred with the freedom of his native city, Cork.Arts and literature
port
Golf
*Carroll's Irish Open is won by Mark James (
England ).Births
January to March
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11 January - Liam O'Brien, actor.
*14 January -Clive Clarke , soccer player.
*19 January -Kevin McHugh , soccer player.
*31 January -Gary Doherty , soccer player.
*1 February -Justin Kehoe , golfer.
*6 February -Bernard Dunne , boxer.
*14 March -Colin Healy , soccer player.April to June
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12 April -Brian McFadden , singer and songwriter.
*17 April -Richie Baker , soccer player.
*18 April - Kevin Doherty, soccer player.
*29 April -Kian Egan , singer withWestlife .
*21 May -Darragh Ryan , soccer player.
*28 May -Mark Feehily , singer withWestlife .
*3 June -Ciarán Walsh , visual artist.
*6 June -Colin Moran , Gaelic footballer.
*16 June -Richie Foran , soccer player.
*19 June -Derek Geary , soccer player.July to December
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8 July -Robbie Keane , soccer player.
*13 August - Paul Crowley, soccer player.
*22 August -Alan Reilly , soccer player.
*30 August -Damien Brennan , soccer player.
*12 September -Richie Partridge , soccer player.
*15 September -Dean Delaney , soccer player.
*28 September - Danny O'Connor, soccer player.
*8 October -Tony Buckley , rugby player.
*27 October - Peter Murphy, soccer player.
*28 October -Darren McKenna , soccer player.
*14 November -James Ryall , Kilkenny hurler.
*17 December -Conor Armstrong , cricketer.
*22 December -Noel Hickey , Kilkenny hurler.Full date unknown
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Graham Canty , Cork Gaelic footballer.
*Toireasa Ferris ,Sinn Féin politician.
*Brian Geary , Limerick hurler.
*Stephen Lucey , Limerick hurler.
*Pearse O'Neill , Cork Gaelic footballer.
*Mark O'Riordan , Limerick hurler.Deaths
January to June
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26 January - John Doherty, fiddle player (b.1895).
*14 March -Gustavus Kelly , cricketer (b.1901).
*2 May -Cecile O'Rahilly , scholar of theCeltic languages and writer (b.1894).
*11 June -William J E Jessop , professor, represented Dublin University in theSeanad from 1951 to 1973.
*25 June -James Hamilton Delargy , folklorist.July to September
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2 July -Tom Barry , guerrilla leader in theIrish Republican Army during theIrish War of Independence (b.1897).
*5 July -A. J. Potter , composer (b.1918).
*13 July - Joseph Brennan,Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister andCeann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (b.1912).
*24 August -Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 atGuyencourt ,France (b.1888).
*5 September - Eric Cross, scientist.
*21 September -Mick Gill , Galway and Dublin hurler (b.1899).October to December
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7 November - Frank Duff, founder of theLegion of Mary (b.1889).
*9 November -Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy , journalist and author (b.1931).
*10 November -John Moyney , soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1917 north ofBroembeek ,Belgium (b.1895).
*22 November -Norah McGuinness , artist (b.1901).
*25 November - Joseph Sweeney, member of1st Dáil representing West Donegal, "(Pro Treaty)".
*16 December -Roddy Connolly ,Irish Labour Party TD,Seanad member, son ofJames Connolly (b.1901).
*24 December -Arland Ussher , academic, essayist and translator (b.1899).
*30 December -Patrick Hennessy , painter.Full date unknown
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Bill Delaney , Laois Gaelic footballer.
*Jimmy McCambridge , soccer player (b.1905).
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