- 1974 in Ireland
Events
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January 2 - TheNorthern Ireland Executive enjoys its first day in office.
*February 15 - A 600lb bomb explodes inDungannon .
*April 24 - The ESB announces that Carnsore Point on theWexford coast will be the site of its nuclear power station.
*May 8 - The great hall ofUniversity College Dublin is to become a 900-seat concert hall and home of theRTÉ Symphony Orchestra.
*May 14 -Northern Ireland grinds to a halt as the Ulster Workers' Council calls a strike following the defeat of an anti-Sunningdale Agreement motion.
*May 17 - 31 people die and 150 are injured in four car bomb explosions inDublin andMonaghan by loyalists. They are widely suspected of receiving technical assistance from British security forces.
*May 21 - InNorthern Ireland theUlster Workers' Council Strike comes to an end.
*May 28 - The five-month oldNorthern Ireland Executive collapses.
*June 14 -Anatoli Kaplin , the first Soviet Ambassador to Ireland, visits President Childers atÁras an Uachtaráin .
*July 17 - TheNational Coalition 's Contraceptive Bill is defeated in a vote inDáil Éireann . TheTaoiseach ,Liam Cosgrave , is one of sevenFine Gael TDs who vote against their own bill.
*September 1 -Transition Year is introduced on a pilot basis in three schools.
*September 21 -Jack Lynch says thatFianna Fáil would not support any proposal to repael articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
*October 8 -Seán MacBride , former Minister for External Affairs, is to share in theNobel Prize for Peace .
*November 4 -Powerscourt House in Enniskerry is destroyed by fire.
*November 17 - President Erskine H. Childers, fourth President of Ireland, dies suddenly aged 69. He had served less than 17 months of his 7 year term.
*December 10 -Seán MacBride is presented with theNobel Prize for Peace .
*December 19 -Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh is sworn in as the fifthPresident of Ireland .Arts and literature
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Jennifer Johnston 's novel "How Many Miles to Babylon? " is published .ports
Births
January to June
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12 January -Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly (d.1997).
*29 January -Niall Blaney , IndependentTeachta Dála representingDonegal North East .
*4 April -Kieran Collins , AKA The Goalden Drifter, Footballer.
*28 May -Ryan Tubridy , RTE radio and television broadcaster.
*17 May -Brídín Brennan , singer.
*17 May -Andrea Corr , lead vocalist withThe Corrs .July to September
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1 July - John Davy, cricketer.
*1 July -Peter Davy , cricketer.
*1 July -Olwyn Enright ,Fine Gael Teachta Dála representingLaois Offaly .
*9 July - Gary Kelly, international soccer player.
*19 July -Malcolm O'Kelly , international rugby player.
*10 August -Gus Joyce , cricketer.
*11 September -Karl Gannon , soccer player.
*September -Liam Donoghue , Galway hurler.October to December
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1 October - Keith Duffy, former singer and actor.
*15 October -Barry McCrea , novelist.
*21 October - Tony Sheridan, soccer player.
*5 November -Gráinne Seoige , television broadcaster.
*18 November -Graham Coughlan , soccer player.
*22 November -Finian Maynard , four time speedwindsurfing world champion, holds the current speed world record for sailing vessels.
*24 November - Peter Barry, former Kilkennyhurling player.
*27 November -Roy O'Brien , soccer player.
*4 December -Jason Molins , cricketer.
*7 December -Brendan Kennedy , soccer player.
*8 December -Ian Malone , member ofBritish Army 'sIrish Guards , shot dead inIraq (d.2003).Full date unknown
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Philly Larkin , Kilkenny hurler.
*Maria McCool , singer.
*Fergal McCormack , Cork hurler.
*T. J. Ryan, former Limerick hurler.
*Victoria Smurfit , actress.Deaths
January to June
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4 January -Phelim Calleary ,Fianna Fáil TD (b.1895).
*15 February -Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ,cryptanalyst ,chess player, and chess writer (b.1909).
*9 March -Daniel O'Neill , artist (b.1920).
*19 March - Austin Clarke, poet, playwright and writer (b.1896).
*10 April -Patricia Collinge , actress and writer (b.1892).
*28 May -Richard Belton , medical doctor, member of the12th Seanad .
*3 June - Michael Gaughan,Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger strike r who died in Parkhurst Prison (b.1950).
*30 June -Frank McKelvey RHABelfast born poster designer, artist.July to December
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5 July - James Young, comedian (b.1918).
*13 August -Kate O'Brien , novelist (b.1897).
*17 November -Erskine Hamilton Childers ,Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and fourthPresident of Ireland (b.1905).
*23 November -Cornelius Ryan , journalist and author (b.1920).
*1 December - Dick Grace, 84, former Kilkenny hurler.
*24 December -Michael F. Kitt ,Fianna Fáil TD (b.1914).
*25 December -Harry Kernoff , artist (b.1900).
*27 December -Denis Farrelly ,Fine Gael TD and senator (b.1912).Full date unknown
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Liam Deasy ,Irish Republican Army officer in theIrish War of Independence and theIrish Civil War (b.1898).
*Padraic Fallon , poet (b.1905).
*Bob Fullam , soccer player (b.1897).
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