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1978 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1978 in Ireland
.
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See also:
1978 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 1978
List of years in Ireland
Incumbents
edit
President
:
Patrick Hillery
Taoiseach
:
Jack Lynch
(
FF
)
Tánaiste
:
George Colley
(
FF
)
Minister for Finance
:
George Colley
(
FF
)
Chief Justice
:
Tom O'Higgins
Dáil
:
21st
Seanad
:
14th
Events
edit
18 January – The
European Court of Human Rights
found Britain guilty of
inhuman and degrading treatment
of
republican
internees in Northern Ireland.
19 January – The
Fianna Fáil
government dismissed the Garda Commissioner Edmund Garvey. No explanation was given.
21 January –
Johnny Giles
resigned as manager of the
Republic of Ireland national football team
.
23 March – The
state funeral
of former President
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
took place in
Sneem
, County Kerry.
31 March – Six thousand people marched through
Dublin
to
Wood Quay
to protest against the building of civic offices above an ancient
Viking
settlement.
27 May – Brittany Ferries inaugurated a regular
Cork
–
Roscoff
service.
[1]
1 June –
David Cook
of the
Alliance Party
became the first non-
Unionist
Lord Mayor of
Belfast
.
21 June –
Rosemary Smith
established an Irish land speed record of 156.101
mph on the
Carrigrohane Straight
in Cork, driving a seven-litre
Jaguar XJ6
.
[2]
10 August – A new £10 note bearing an image of the writer
Jonathan Swift
was introduced.
19 August – Over 5,000 people took part in a rally against a proposed
nuclear power station
in
Carnsore Point
, County Wexford.
1 September –
Dublin Institute of Technology
was created on an ad hoc basis by the
City of Dublin
Vocational Education Committee
.
2 November – Ireland's second national television channel,
RTÉ 2
, opened with a live broadcast from the
Cork Opera House
.
November –
Cork Regional Hospital
officially opened in
Cork
.
Undated – The first
Supermac's
fast food restaurant opened.
Arts and literature
edit
Iris Murdoch
is awarded the
Booker Prize
for her novel
The Sea, The Sea
.
Peter Sheridan
is awarded the
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
.
[3]
Seán Ó Ríordáin
's posthumous poetry collection
Tar éis mo Bháis
is published.
[4]
First broadcast of craft TV series
Hands
.
Sport
edit
Athletics
edit
25 March –
John Treacy
wins the world cross-country championship in
Glasgow
.
Golf
edit
Carroll's Irish Open
is won by
Ken Brown
(
Scotland
).
Horse racing
edit
Shergar
wins
The Derby
(by a record ten
lengths
) and
Irish Derby
.
Births
edit
11 January –
Adrian O'Connor
, backstroke swimmer.
12 January –
David Worrell
, soccer player.
19 January –
Simon Webb
, soccer player.
30 January –
John Doyle
,
Kildare
Gaelic footballer.
21 February –
Damien English
,
Fine Gael
TD
for
Meath West
.
23 February –
Jason Byrne
, soccer player.
7 March –
John Miskella
,
Cork
Gaelic footballer.
9 March –
Derek O'Connor
, soccer player.
16 March –
Jemma Redmond
, biochemist, pioneer of
3D bioprinting
(died 2016).
2 April –
John Hoyne
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
4 April –
Alan Mahon
, soccer player.
5 April –
Stephen Murphy
, soccer player.
19 April –
Geordan Murphy
, International rugby player.
23 April –
Nicholas Murphy
,
Cork
Gaelic footballer.
24 April –
Jimmy Coogan
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
29 April –
David O'Loughlin
, cyclist.
4 May –
Stanerra
, racehorse.
5 May –
Paul Byrne
, broadcast journalist.
10 June –
Karl Scully
, tenor.
21 June –
Wayne Sherlock
,
Cork
hurler.
25 June –
Kieran Kelly
, jump jockey (killed in racing accident 2003).
4 July –
Derek Lyng
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
18 July
Shane Horgan
, International rugby player.
Annie Mac
(Manus), DJ and broadcast presenter.
27 July –
Brian Barry-Murphy
, soccer player.
July –
Diarmuid O'Sullivan
,
Cork
hurler.
8 August –
Alan Maybury
, soccer player.
21 August –
Alan Lee
, soccer player.
28 August –
Barry Ryan
, soccer player.
27 September –
John Paul Phelan
,
Fine Gael
Senator
.
1 October –
Barry Conlon
, soccer player.
2 October –
Eddie Brennan
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
5 October –
Shane Ryan
, Gaelic footballer.
9 October –
Nicky Byrne
, entertainer, singer with
Westlife
& TV host.
17 October –
Jerry Flannery
, international rugby player.
25 October –
Chris Keane
, rugby player.
31 October –
Ella McSweeney
, radio and television producer
9 November –
Martin Comerford
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
15 December –
Edele
and
Keavy Lynch
, members of
B*Witched
.
22 December –
Eugene Cloonan
,
Galway
hurler.
Full date unknown
Caoimhe Butterly
, human rights activist.
Julie Feeney
, singer songwriter.
Mike FitzGerald
,
Limerick
hurler.
Richie Mullally
,
Kilkenny
hurler.
Mike O'Brien
,
Limerick
hurler.
Deaths
edit
23 January –
Cormac Breslin
,
Fianna Fáil
TD
and
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
(born 1902).
4 March –
Emmet Dalton
, Republican activist, soldier and film producer (born 1898 in the United States).
6 March –
Micheál MacLiammóir
, actor and dramatist (born 1899 in London).
21 March –
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
, Attorney-general,
Chief Justice of Ireland
and fifth
President of Ireland
(born 1911).
7 July –
Mary Swanzy
, painter (born 1882; died in London).
28 August –
Robert Shaw
, actor and novelist (born 1927 in England).
12 September –
Wilfred Hutton
, cricketer (born 1901).
October –
Moss (Maurice) Twomey
,
chief of staff
of the
Irish Republican Army
(born 1897).
5 November –
Denis O'Dea
, actor (born 1905).
13 December –
Jack Doyle
, boxer, actor and singer (born 1913; died in London).
Full date unknown –
Gabriel Hayes
, sculptor, designer of Irish coins (born 1909).
See also
edit
1978 in Irish television
References
edit
^
Ashmore, Jehan (2 April 2018). "Brittany Ferries Resume French Service in Year of 40th Anniversary".
Afloat
. Ireland
. Retrieved
8 February
2020
.
^
New Irish land speed record,
The Cork Examiner
, 1978-06-21.
^
"Judges shortlist 16 authors".
The Irish Times
. 4 September 1999.
Article dates award as 1977 but other sources confirm
Desmond Hogan
as 1977 winner.
^
Boylan, Henry (1998).
A Dictionary of Irish Biography
(3rd ed.). Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 350.
ISBN
0-7171-2945-4
.