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EVENTS

January 1 - Galway City begins celebrations marking its mayoral status granted by King Richard III in 1484 .

January 10 - Seán MacEntee , founder member of Fianna Fáil and former Tánaiste , dies aged 94. He was the last surviving member of the First Dáil .

January 30 - Luke Kelly of ''the Dubliners'' dies aged 43.

January 31 - Ann Lovett , aged 15, dies after giving birth to a baby boy in a grotto in Granard, County Longford .

March 14 - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast .

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May 22 - The village of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary prepares for the visit of US President Ronald Reagan .

June 3 - 10,000 people take part in an anti- Reagan march in Dublin .

June 4 - President Reagan addresses a joint session of the houses of the Oireachtas .

June 18 - European Parliament elections are held in Northern Ireland and the Republic Of Ireland .

July 14 - Columban missionary Fr Niall O'Brien , who was imprisoned in the Philippines , is released.

July 17 - Some workers in Dunnes Stores, Henry Street, Dublin refuse to handle South Africa n produce as a protest against Apartheid .

July 23 - The DART rail service between Howth and Bray is introduced.

September 28 - The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to the network suffering overload as a result of a phone in competion on one of the illegal radio stations.

October 1 - The University Of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II .

October 5 - In Dublin women workers in Dunnes Stores, who have been on strike for the past 11 weeks in support of a dispute over the handling of South African fruit, begin a sit-in at the store.

October 12 - The IRA kills five people in a bomb attack at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the Conservative Party conference.

November 8 - RTÉ 's first newsreader, Charles Mitchel , reads his last news bulletin.

December 2 - EEC heads of government visit President Hillery and Mrs Hillery at Áras An Uachtaráin .

December 7 - The most sophisticated naval vessel ever built in this country, the £25 million '' LÉ Eithne '' is commissioned at the Haulbowline naval base.

ARTS AND LITERATURE

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BIRTHS

December 29 - Rory O'Grady, Scholar

DEATHS

January 1 - Tarlach Ó Raifeartaigh , educationist.

January 10 - Seán MacEntee , former Tánaiste , Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister.

January 30 - Luke Kelly , Folk Singer .

March 3 - Rinty Monaghan , world flyweight boxing championship.

April 6 - Jimmy Kennedy , songwriter.

April 26 - Kathleen Behan , mother of the Behans.

August 8 - Denis Johnston , dramatist.

September 7 - Liam O'Flaherty , novelist.