1980 in Ireland
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See also: 1979 in Ireland, other events of 1980, 1981 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 9 - Charles Haughey addresses the nation by television on the matter of its worsening finances.
- March 25 - CIÉs first bus lane comes into operation on Parliament Street in Dublin.
- April 19 - Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song 'What's Another Year.'
- May 1 - The Derrynaflan Chalice is discovered in a bog.
- September 1 - China's first Ambassador to Ireland, Madame Gong Pusheng, arrives in Dublin.
- October 6 - Justice Mella Carroll is the first woman to reach the position of High Court Judge.
- October 27 - Over 2,000 people take part in the first RTÉ 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 Taoiseach Charles Haughey meets with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Dublin Castle. It is the first visit by a British prime minister since independence.
- December 19 - Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch is conferred with the freedom of his native city, Cork.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sports
[edit] Births
- 14 January - Clive Clarke, soccer player.
- 6 February - Bernard Dunne, boxer.
- 12 April - Brian McFadden, singer and songwriter.
- 17 April - Richie Baker, soccer player.
- 18 April - Kevin Doherty, soccer player.
- 29 April - Kian Egan, singer with Westlife.
- 21 May - Darragh Ryan, soccer player.
- 28 May - Mark Feehily, singer with Westlife.
- 6 June - Colin Moran, Gaelic footballer.
- 16 June - Richie Foran, soccer player.
- 19 June - Derek Geary, soccer player.
- 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.
[edit] Deaths
- 14 March - Gustavus Kelly, cricketer (b.1901).
- 11 June - William J E Jessop, professor, represented Dublin University in the Seanad from 1951 to 1973.
- 25 June - James Hamilton Delargy, folklorist.
- 2 July - Tom Barry, guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (b.1897).
- 5 July - A. J. Potter, composer (b.1918).
- 13 July - Joseph Brennan, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann (b.1912).
- 5 September - Eric Cross, scientist.
- 7 November - Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary (b.1889).
- 9 November - Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy, journalist and author (b.1931).
- 22 November - Norah McGuinness, artist (b.1901).
- 25 November - Joseph Sweeney, member of 1st Dáil representing Donegal West, (Pro Treaty).
- 16 December - Roddy Connolly, Irish Labour Party TD, Seanad member, son of James Connolly (b.1901).
- 24 December - Arland Ussher, academic, essayist and translator (b.1899).
- 30 December - Patrick Hennessy, painter.
