1970 in Northern Ireland

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1970 in Northern Ireland

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sport
- 3.1 Football
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 References

[edit] Events

January 1 - Ulster Defence Regiment replaces the B Specials^[1].
January 11 - Sinn Féin splits into Provisional and Official wings over a disagreement on abstentionism.
March 21 - Dana wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song 'All Kinds of Everything.'.
April 3 - Garda Richard Fallon (Republic of Ireland policeman) murdered on duty in Dublin. First policeman killed in the South during the troubles.
16 April - Dr Ian Paisley enters the Parliament of Northern Ireland after winning the Bannside by-election^[2]
April 21 - The Alliance Party is founded in Northern Ireland.
May 6 - Arms Crisis: The Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, and the Minister for Agriculture, Neil Blaney, are asked to resign by An Taoiseach Jack Lynch. He accuses them of the attempted illegal importation of arms for use by the Provisional IRA. Kevin Boland, the Minister for Local Government, resigns in sympathy with them.
May 27 - Captain James Kelly, Albert Luykx and John Kelly are arrested. They are charged with conspiracy to import arms.
May 28 - Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney appear in Dublin's Bridewell Court charged, along with Albert Luykx and Capt. Kelly, with conspiracy to import arms.
19 June - United Kingdom General election.
26 June - Riots break out in Londonderry over the arrest of Mid-Ulster MP Bernadette Devlin. ^[3]
July 2 - Neil Blaney is cleared of arms conspiracy charges.
July 3-July 5 - Falls Road Curfew imposed by the British Army in Belfast^[1]. (See: Falls Curfew).
July 5 - After a special cabinet meeting the government demands a ban on all parades in Northern Ireland and the disarmament of civilians.
August 21 - A new political party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, is founded in Northern Ireland under the leadership of Gerry Fitt.
September 1 - The New University of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II.
October 23 - Charles Haughey, James Kelly, Albert Luykx and John Kelly are acquitted in the Arms Conspiracy Trial.
October 26 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch, questioned on his return from the United States, says that there will be no change in fundamental Fianna Fáil policy regarding Northern Ireland.