1982 in Northern Ireland
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1982 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- February 19 - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.
- April 6 - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
- May 10 - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is appointed to Seanad Éireann.
- July 20 - Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
- October 20 - Polling takes place in the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland.
- October 21 - Sinn Fein win first seats on Northern Ireland Assembly, with Gerry Adams winning the Belfast West seat. [1]
- October 27 - Three RUC officers killed by an IRA bomb near Lurgan in Northern Ireland. [2]
- December 6 - The Irish National Liberation Army kills 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry. (See: Droppin Well bombing).
[edit] Arts and literature
- Graham Reid's play The Hidden Curriculum is produced.
[edit] Sports
[edit] Football
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- Group stage
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- Northern Ireland 1-1 Honduras
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- Northern Ireland 1-0 Spain
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- Northern Ireland qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup
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- Second group stage
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- Northern Ireland 2-2 Austria
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- Northern Ireland 1-0 France
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- Northern Ireland are knocked out at the quarter final stage of the World Cup
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- Winners: Linfield
[edit] Rugby
- The Ireland rugby team wins the Triple Crown for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21-12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England.
[edit] Motorsport
- Joey Dunlop wins the Formula One motorcycle world championship for the first time.
[edit] Snooker
- Alex Higgins wins the World Professional Snooker Championship for the second time.
[edit] Births
- 25 February - Chris Baird, footballer.
- Jamie Dornan, model, musician and actor.
[edit] Deaths
- 26 March - Sam Kydd, actor (b.1915).
- 14 August - Patrick Magee, actor (b.1922).
- 16 November - Lenny Murphy, loyalist paramilitary and leader of the Shankill Butchers (b.1952).
