1985 in Ireland
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See also: 1984 in Ireland, other events of 1985, 1986 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 - Cork City celebrates 800 years as a chartered city.
- February 26 - Former minister Desmond O'Malley is expelled from the Fianna Fáil Party.
- February 28 - The IRA kills nine Royal Ulster Constabulary officers in a mortar attack at Newry station.
- March 4 - Bob Geldof is honoured for his overseas aid efforts at a civic reception in the Mansion House.
- March 28 - Gaisce is created by a trust deed under the patronage of the President of Ireland.
- March 30 - The Ireland national rugby union team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road. They beat England 13-10.
- April 28 - Dennis Taylor wins the Embassy World Snooker Championship.
- May 16 - The Minister for Education, Gemma Hussey, announces a new £20 million project to create the transition year in post-primary schools.
- June 23 - An Air India Boeing 747 crashes into the sea 190 kilometres off the Irish coast.
- July 13 - Live Aid is organised by Bob Geldof in London. Ireland is the highest per-capita donor country.
- July 22 - At Ballinspittle, County Cork, two women claim to have seen a statue of the Virgin Mary move. The grotto becomes a place of pilgrimage
- July 31 - Thousands flock to Ballinspittle, County Cork, where a statue of the Virgin Mary is claimed to move miraculously.
- September 2 - [[Spike Island]] Jail in County Cork is left in ruins following a riot by prisoners.
- September 10 - The first heart transplant in Ireland takes place.
- September 20 - President Hillery presents Bob Geldof with a cheque for £7 million. This is the Irish contribution to the Live Aid appeal.
- October 25 - The first commercial flight departs from Knock Airport.
- November 15 - An Taoiseach, Dr. Garret FitzGerald, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Hillsborough Castle, County Down.
- November 27 - Mary Harney is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party over her support of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
- December 21 - Desmond O'Malley founds the Progressive Democrats.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Tom Murphy's Bailegangaire is produced by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway.
- Frank McGuinness's play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching to the Somme is performed.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Boxing
- June 8 - Barry McGuigan wins the WBA world featherweight boxing championship.
[edit] Football
- Derry City joins the League of Ireland, after being out of senior football since 1972.
[edit] Rugby Union
- March 30 - The Irish rugby team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road. They beat England 13-10.
[edit] Snooker
- April 28 - Dennis Taylor beats Steve Davis on the final black ball to win the Embassy World Snooker Championship.
[edit] Births
- 11 January - Mark Yeates, soccer player.
- 13 January - Pat Flynn, soccer player.
- 13 January - Stephen Quigley, soccer player.
- 8 February - David O'Connor, soccer player.
- 20 February - Alan O'Brien, soccer player.
- 15 March - James Hussey, soccer player.
- 10 April - Willo Flood, soccer player.
- 11 April - Brian Gannon, soccer player.
- 12 April - Paul Murphy, soccer player.
- 23 April - Gary Mulligan, soccer player.
- 6 May - David Tyrrell, soccer player.
- 23 May - David Cassidy, soccer player.
- 28 May - Brian Shorthall, soccer player.
- 8 June - Barry Murphy, soccer player.
- 10 July - Conan Byrne, soccer player.
- 15 July - Enda Mac Nally, artist.
- 5 August - Aaran McEneff, soccer player.
- 9 September - Tadhg Purcell, soccer player.
- 17 September - Brendan Clarke, soccer player.
- 20 September - George McMahon, actor.
- 2 October - Mark Quigley, soccer player.
- 6 October - Karl Bermingham, soccer player.
- 5 November - Ian Maher, soccer player.
- 4 December - Stephen Dawson, soccer player.
- 9 December - Mark Leech, soccer player.
- 29 December - Patrick Kavanagh, soccer player.
[edit] Deaths
- 18 January - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (b.1912).
- 19 January - Shelah Richards, actress and producer.
- 21 February - Dermot Ryan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin (b.1924).
- 3 March - Noel Purcell, actor (b.1900).
- 16 June - Alexis FitzGerald, Snr, solicitor, Fine Gael Seanad member (b.1916).
- 17 June - Bernard Bergin, cricketer (b.1913).
- 29 June - Máire Ní Scolaí, singer.
- 8 September - Frederick May, composer.
- 11 October - Todd Andrews, Irish revolutionary and public servant (b.1901).
- 4 December - Frederick Boland, diplomat, first Irish ambassador to Britain and to the United Nations (b.1904).
- 8 December - Jimmy Rudd, soccer player (b.1919).
- 11 December - Kathleen Ryan, actress (b.1922).
- 17 December - Leo Maguire, singer, songwriter and radio broadcaster (b.1903).
- Sigerson Clifford, poet and playwright (b.1913).
- Fergus Crawford, soccer player (b.1933).
- Alex Stevenson, soccer player (b.1912).
