- 1973 in Ireland
Events
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January 1 - Ireland joins theEuropean Community along with Britain andDenmark .
*January 6 -Patrick Hillery is appointed Social Affairs Commissioner in theEuropean Economic Community .
*February 28 - theNational Coalition ofFine Gael and the Labour Party win the general election, ending 16 years ofFianna Fáil government
*March 14 - The newTaoiseach ,Liam Cosgrave , receives his seal of office from PresidentÉamon de Valera atÁras an Uachtaráin .
*April 11 - The funeral takes place of the formerArchbishop ofDublin , Dr.John Charles McQuaid
*May 5 -Fianna Fáil 's Erskine H. Childers sets off on a 28-day presidential campaign tour of the country.
*May 25 - Islanders off theDonegal coast cast their votes in the presidential election ahead of the general population.
*May 10 - In the presidential election voters go to the poll to find a successor to PresidentÉamon de Valera . Erskine H. Childers is the victor defeatingTom O'Higgins .
*June 24 -Éamon de Valera retires from office aged 90. He travels to Boland's Mills where he was positioned during theEaster Rising . The motorcade then proceeds to Talbot Lodge in Blackrock where he will spend his retirement.
*June 24 - Erskine H. Childers is inaugurated as the fourthPresident of Ireland . After the ceremony atDublin Castle the President inspects a guard of honour and travels throughDublin .
*July 10 - The funeral takes place of the "Blacksmith of Ballinalee,"General Seán Mac Eoin .
*July 27 - The government lifts colour restrictions onRTÉ transmissions.
*31 October - Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. ThreeProvisional IRA prisoners escape fromMountjoy Prison after a hijacked helicopter lands in the prison yard.
*9 December - TheSunningdale Agreement is signed by BritishPrime Minister Ted Heath, An TaoiseachLiam Cosgrave ,Brian Faulkner ,Gerry Fitt andOliver Napier .Arts and literature
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Hugh Leonard 's play "Da " is staged for the first time.
*Iris Murdoch 's novel "The Black Prince " is published.ports
Births
January to June
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12 March -Mark Daly ,Fianna Fáil Senator.
*17 March -Caroline Corr , drummer withThe Corrs .
*23 March -Brian Corcoran , Cork Gaelic footballer and hurler.
*26 March -James Keddy , soccer player.
*29 April -Mike Hogan , bass guitarist withThe Cranberries .
*5 May -Kevin McBride , boxer.
*7 May -Rick O'Shea , radio DJ.
*10 May -Dara Calleary ,Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo.
*14 May -Sinéad O'Carroll , singer and musician.
*25 May -Joe Dunne , soccer player.
*28 May -Ryan Tubridy , television and radio presenter.July to December
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5 July -Róisín Murphy , singer, songwriter, and producer.
*30 July -Dave Savage , soccer player.
*2 August -Stephen McGuinness , soccer player.
*17 September -Mark Kenny , soccer player.
*19 September -Nick Colgan , soccer player.
*22 September -Trevor Brennan , former international rugby player.
*30 October -Anthony Foley , international rugby player.
*2 November - John Hayes, rugby player.
*14 November -Andrew Strong , actor and singer.
*2 December -Graham Kavanagh , soccer player.
*7 December -Damien Rice , singer songwriter.
*14 December -Pat Burke , basketball player.
*14 December -Amanda Byram , television presenter.
*24 December -Oisin Fagan , boxer.Full date unknown
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Alan Browne , Cork hurler.
*Amanda Brunker , former Miss Ireland and journalist.
*Mark Geary , singer songwriter.
*Mickey Joe Harte , singer songwriter.
*Oisín McGann , author and illustrator.
*Caitriona O'Reilly , poet and critic.Deaths
January to June
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5 January -Gerald Boland , founder-member ofFianna Fáil , served as Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Lands and Minister for Justice (b.1885).
*10 January -Denis Rolleston Gwynn , journalist, author and professor of Modern Irish History (b.1893).
*12 January -Maurice Collis , colonial administrator and writer (b.1889).
*19 January -Max Adrian , actor (b.1903).
*31 January -Jack MacGowran , actor (b.1918).
*January -Willie Clancy , uileann piper (b.1918).
*22 February -Elizabeth Bowen , novelist and short story writer (b.1899).
*13 March -Eddie Ingram , cricketer (b.1910).
*8 April -E. R. Dodds , classical scholar (b.1893).
*9 April -Warren Lewis , soldier and historian, brother ofC. S. Lewis (b.1895).
*21 May -Eugene O'Callaghan , Bishop of Clogher1943 -1969 (b.1888).
*24 May -Bryan Cusack , doctor,Sinn Féin MP, member1st Dáil (b.1882).
*7 April -John Charles McQuaid , Catholic Archbishop of Dublin andPrimate of Ireland (b.1895).July to December
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7 July -Seán MacEoin , major general, formerFine Gael TD and Cabinet Minister (b.1893).
*25 July - Michael Davern,Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary South 1948–1965. (b.1900).
*18 August -Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough ,Ulster Unionist Party MP, thirdPrime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1888).
*20 September -Patrick O'Keeffe , member of1st Dáil representingCork North .
*31 October -Elizabeth Watkins , born in Ireland, died as the oldest person in the world (b.1863).
*4 December -Tom McEllistrim, Snr ,Fianna Fáil TD (b.1894).Full date unknown
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Tomás Bairéad , journalist and author (b.1893).
*Dinny Barry-Murphy , Cork hurler (b.1904).
*Ronald Ossory Dunlop , painter and author (b.1894).
*Lory Meagher , Kilkenny hurler (b.1899).
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