In the late 1970s, the British government, despairing of a political settlement, tried to find a security solution to reduce political violence to ‘an acceptable level’ in the words of one Northern Secretary. man behind the pub bombings in Birmingham that killed 21, Miami Showband massacre: HET raises collusion concerns, Northern Faulker, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1971 - 72, Edward Meanwhile, … (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection). have taken the point': British envoy on Dublin bombs, Quest Sinn Féin split into Official and Provisional wings. July 3rd: Following the deaths of four Protestants in a gu… Packie Bonner saves a penalty to win the match and put Republic of Ireland into the quarter-finals and a match against the hosts Italy, Republic of Ireland vs … Population Pyramids: Ireland - 1970. Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries exchange gunfire, leading to the deaths of seven people. British Army: August 1969 - August 1970, October End of Stormont and Imposition of Direct Rule, 1972, Sunningdale 1969, Speech What life was like in Ireland 100 years ago in Ireland has been revealed by new statistics. IRA declares ceasefire, May 1972, The - chronology of important events, We A Dublin playground during the seventies. Chichester-Clark, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1969-71, Mairead Corrigan, peace activist and Nobel Prize winner, William Flashback: These photos of Ireland in the 90s will give you serious nostalgia, What makes a champion? Mason: A Happy 80th birthday to the IRA's most deadly foe, Martin The first was so-called ‘, Ulsterisation’ – reducing the primacy of the British Army and returning it to the RUC police force. 8 March 1971 – Members of the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) engaged in a gun battle with members of the Provisional IRA (PIRA). In 1944, the legislation that introduced the payment of child … The Fureys and Davey Arthur at a reception in Madigans Pub in Doonybrook, circa April 1979. It was the venue for one of U2's first gigs, and closed in 1981. Ireland - Ireland - Economy: Ireland has a mixed economy. The seeds of modern Ireland were sown in the 1970s, a decade of upheaval. (Part of the Independent Ireland Newspapers/NLI Collection). In the early 1970s, McCafferty led 30 women to Neary’s pub in central Dublin. Aoife is the only traditional Irish name in the top 10 for girls today, with names like Emma, Ella and Katie dominating the name game. Ireland in the 1950s Mon, Jul 28, 2003, 01:00 Madam, - As a person born during the 1950s, I disagree strongly with Father Con McGillicuddy's (July 17th) rose-tinted views on Irish life at that time. So there you have it, 10,000 years of history in a few paragraphs! appalling crime (IRA murders of three soldiers), 1971, The Ballymurphy massacre: relatives call for action, I Brian Faulkner, NI Minister for Development: January: A massive anti-Apartheid demonstration took place as Ireland played South Africa in the Rugby Union. 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The view down North Earl Street in December 1971, with Duffy's, Madigans and Boyers Department store in view. Ireland. … Continue reading "Fabulous Snapshots Of 1960s Ireland" shall overcome: a history of the civil rights struggle in Northern conclusions: a cartoon  history of Anglo-Irish relations 1798 those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombs, Barron June 10th: Eight Provisional IRA prisoners engineer an escape from Crumlin Road prison in Belfast.October: IRA prisoners in HM Prison Maze follow the Blanket Protest and Dirty Protest with a series of hunger strikes. January 23rd: Patrick Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerard Conlon and a member of the Maguire Seven, dies in a British prison. There were a series of three major Irish bank strikes between 1966 and 1976 in all totalling about a year affecting most of the retail banking sector. the facts, by the Ulster Unionist Party (1970), Violence by Jack Lynch following violence in Derry, 13th August 1969, 1969: March 31st: An Orange Order parade triggers three days of rioting and violence in Belfast. Irish Independant. dead in Northern Ireland ambush (Kings Mill), Ulster June 25th: Devlin’s arrest sparks three days of unrest and rioting in Derry and Belfast. Saturday, January 17th 1930: Ireland in the early twentieth century was a poor country. Unionist Action Council Strike 1977, uropean Court of Human Rights: Case of Ireland v United Kingdom, Mountbatten ; 3 February – Irish candidate Frederick Henry Boland receives the support of the United States for the presidency of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Herrema, businessman kidnapped by the IRA, Roy Mason, These hunger strikes are called off in December. Photographs of 1960s Ireland. had 'doomsday plan' for withdrawal from Ireland, Birmingham The divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland had little to do with theological differences but instead was grounded in culture and politics. from the families of those murdered at Donnelly's Bridge, Silverbridge, Future of Northern Ireland' by William Craig, 1972, Local Car park in Magheroarty, Co. Donegal - Flickr - National Library of Ireland … Scenes from Grafton Street, Dublin, circa June 1971 (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection). Flashback: This is what Dublin looked like in the 1970s ... Just Eat's rebrand 'too orange' for Northern Ireland 'Ye may go and head in lads, there’s no cup' - … Dozens of police and civilians are injured.June 24th: Nationalist MP Bernadette Devlin is arrested after losing an appeal against a conviction stemming from the Bogside riots in 1969. Many … This group was called the Provisional IRA. By the early 1970s the idea of pedestrianising Grafton Street was being put into action and in 1971 the first ‘experiment’ began to clear the thoroughfare of motor traffic. When Ireland entered the European Economic Community - EEC - at the start of the 1970s, the Europeans wanted all of these oppressive situations addressed, and … It's been 55 years since The Great Freeze. People's Democracy march: chronology of main events, Discrimination Sections. and ancient blustering from both States and all Churches on the island simply did not impress folk to the same degree anymore! The second strand was ending internment without trial – viewed to have been … To see more photos likes this visit Independent Archives, where all images can be bought as a high quality print. See more on Ireland in 1970. And there was the continuation of the conflict in Northern Ireland, with serious implications for civil liberties and cultural life in the South to accompany … ministers saw Ulster slide into strife, 1969 The revolutionary spirit endured and would reverberate in Ireland throughout the 1800s. Craig, founder of the Ulster Vanguard, Bernadette They passed between the 200-year-old lamps that still bracketed the front door, the same path literary legends like Flann O’Brien and Patrick Kavanagh had taken for decades. Violence still continued though, with the ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland peaking in the 1970’s. The 19th century dawned in Ireland in the wake of the widespread uprising of 1798, which was brutally suppressed by the British. flairs as Devlin is arrested, June 1970, Military law imposed during summer of 1970, An 16 January – the last regular ship on the Cork–Glasgow crossing runs, ending a 103-year-old service. Thankfully today, Ireland is relatively peaceful with power sharing in Northern Ireland between the main Catholic and Protestant Parties. - 1998, British Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, The For more than two centuries, women in Ireland were sent to institutions like Donnybrook as a punishment for having sex outside of marriage. Surprisingly these had very little effect on the growth of the economy. embassy in Dublin destroyed, February 2nd 1972, Nixon too busy to deal with Irish, February 1972, Access of Ireland to the European communities debate, April 1972, Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, 1972, Referendum on the Third Amendment, May 1972, Tim Severin's trip from Dingle in the Brendan, May 1976, Memorial for Christopher Ewart Biggs: killed by IRA, July 1976, Injured official made plea for peace after car bomb atrocity, How 'thundering disgrace' led to President [, Short film of Second Great Viking March, 1978, Carnsore: why Ireland never got nuclear power, Written answers - break with Sterling, May 1979, Pope calls for peace in Ireland: 29th Sept 1979, The Pope in Ireland - a salute to Irish faith, James and Warrenpoint murders, August 1979, 13 1970 in Ireland. Events. [in the murder of the Reavey family] 'not properly probed', Statement O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1963 - 1969, Francis Short film of Northern Irelands Troubles in the 1960s/1970s economics and trade union politics, 1973-4, Concepts of destiny and fatalism in Irish pyschology, Britain's propaganda war during the Troubles, IRA glamour girl who gave up terror and turned herself into a loyal Tory, IRA 'aided' anti-apartheid bombing - Kader Asmal memoirs. topple NI power-sharing body, 28th May 1974, Wilson Return to Years in Irish History. ... ready to be frisked when visiting places like London, Dublin or New York. Their strategy was to try to undermine the IRA’s claim that they were fighting a war of national liberation by two means. Unwed mothers, flirtatious women and … 13 January – the Broadcasting Authority Bill proposes to establish an authority to provide a national television service. bomb kills six at Aldershot Barracks (within 'Glossary of terms'), Official Collect their Children’s Allowance. One man was killed. Email. outside Kay's Tavern, Dundalk, and in the Reavey and O'Dowd homes, Ten gone but not forgotten, we got 18 and Mountbatten, Smithwick Tribunal: Taoiseach called bombing a 'political crime', Drawing Media in category "Ireland in the 1970s" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Two years later the band would achieve worldwide success with their hit song When You Were Sweet Sixteen. Ireland Constitutional Convention Elections 1975, Herrema This is trader William Costello with a customer at the market in 1971. target of IRA attacks, 21st November 1974, The The Dandelion Market, dodgy tartan flares and traffic on Henry Street; these photos of 1970s Dublin will give you serious nostalgia. Heath, British Prime Minister 1970 - 1974, Tiede McGuinness, IRA and Sinn Féin leader, Airey Neave, The feud between the two wings of the IRA had been developing ever since the Republic movement split on 11 January 1970. The 1970s was an undeniably dramatic decade, with economic, industrial and political unrest at home and abroad; social change, with a new level of consumer affluence; and sharpened debates about religion, equality and the status of women in Irish life. Here a Gardai stands on the street to prevent traffic driving down it. The National Library of Ireland is home to a terrific collection of snapshot depictions of 1960s Ireland. A family out shopping on O'Connell Street in 1973. The Dandelion Market was hugely popular market held in Dublin during the seventies. Agreement signed, December 1973, Northern The powers that be faced a much less unquestioning and blindly compliant population in 1970 than they did in 1960. Very high unemployment. Menu 1969: Ulster's B-Specials disbanded, How Independent.ie Newsdesk Twitter An analysis of the baby names registered over 50 years ago in Ireland has revealed the most popular baby names in the country in 1965. In the 1840s the Great Famine ravaged Ireland, forcing millions facing starvation to leave the island for a better life in America. The population of Ireland increased by 46% in the … Pym, Northern Ireland Secretary 1974, Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister 1979 - 1992, Betty Williams, peace activist and Nobel Prize winner, The Thanks to readers writing in we know the names of many of the faces in these photographs. (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection). • 10 January – huge anti-apartheid demonstrations take place as Ireland play South Africa in rugby union. Other indicators visualized on maps: (In English only, for now) Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) of broadcast made by Harold Wilson, 25th May 1974, Strikes The constitution provides that the state shall favour private initiative in industry and commerce, but the state may provide essential services and promote development projects in the absence of private initiatives. Violence during the 1970s and 1980s In the 1970s and 1980s, a group in favour of Northern Ireland joining the Republic started bombings and tried to remove British troops and British rule in Northern Ireland. Inside was snug and wooden; no music played, and conversation was intimate. Campaign for Social Justice in Northern Ireland publication, The It opened in 1970 on Pembroke Lane before moving to Leeson Close and then to St Stephens Green. This is the view from Talbot Street and North Earl Street in 1971, long before the spire dominated the skyline. Flashback: This is what Dublin looked like in the 1970s, Do you remember this? Pope calls for peace in Ireland: 29th Sept 1979: BBC: The Pope in Ireland - a salute to Irish faith: American Catholic: The Pope's visit to Ireland: Catholic Ireland: Irish remember 1979 papal visit: BBC: Irish television drama in the 1970s: Dr Helen Sheehan: Saints, Scholars and Schizophrenics (on-line book) Google Books: Return to top The Irish picked up ‘cockiness’ during the 1960s (I blame the ‘Late Late Show’ myself!) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1976 - 1979, Roy kidnappers under siege, October 1975, IRA kidnappers release industrialist, November 1975, Collusion reveals suspicion of security forces collusion in Dublin-Monaghan bombs, 'Irish Well….i am a child/teen of the 1980s from Cork city ireland….. My memories are as follows. Flashback: Remember these famous faces in Irish broadcasting? Dates and locations transport us to a vibrant Dublin city and the lush Irish countryside. The One Direction of the seventies, Scottish five-piece the Bay City Rollers were in Dublin in February 1975, posing at the Gresham Hotel. Phew! for truth over Dublin bomb massacre, Text By the 1970s, Ireland was suffering poor living standards, growing unemployment and high Irish emigration to Britain and America. A brief overview of everyday life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, written by Denis Murray. 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