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EVENTS

January 1 - Cork City celebrates 800 years as a chartered city.

February 26 - Former minister Desmond O'Malley is expelled from the Fianna Fáil Party.

February 28 - The IRA kills nine Royal Ulster Constabulary officers in a mortar attack at Newry station.

March 4 - Bob Geldof is honoured for his overseas aid efforts at a civic reception in the Mansion House .

March 28 - Gaisce is created by a Trust Deed under the patronage of the President Of Ireland .

March 30 - The Ireland National Rugby Union Team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road . They beat England 13-10.

April 28 - Dennis Taylor wins the Embassy World Snooker Championship.

May 16 - The Minister For Education , Gemma Hussey , announces a new £20 million project to create the transition year in post-primary schools.

June 23 - An Air India Boeing 747 crashes into the sea 150 miles off the Irish coast.

July 13 - Live Aid is organised by Bob Geldof in London . Ireland is the highest per-capita donor country.

July 22 - At Ballinspittle , County Cork , two women claim to have seen a statue of the Virgin Mary move. The grotto becomes a place of pilgrimage

July 31 - Thousands flock to Ballinspittle, County Cork , where a statue of the Virgin Mary is claimed to move miraculously.

September 2 - Spike Island Jail in County Cork is left in ruins following a riot by prisoners.

September 10 - The first heart transplant in Ireland takes place.

September 20 - President Hillery presents Bob Geldof with a cheque for £7 million. This is the Irish contribution to the Live Aid appeal.

October 25 - The first commercial flight departs from Knock Airport .

November 15 - An Taoiseach , Dr. Garret FitzGerald , and the British Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Hillsborough Castle, County Down .

November 27 - Mary Harney is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party over her support of the Anglo-Irish Agreement .

December 21 - Desmond O'Malley founds the Progressive Democrats .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Tom Murphy 's '' Bailegangaire '' is produced by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway.

Frank McGuinness 's play '' Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching To The Somme '' is performed.

SPORTS

March 30 - The Irish rugby team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road . They beat England 13-10.

April 28 - Dennis Taylor wins the Embassy World Snooker Championship.

June 8 - Barry McGuigan wins the WBA world featherweight boxing championship.

BIRTHS

May 29 - The Deadsider is born to Limerick, Ireland .

DEATHS

January 18 - Wilfrid Brambell , actor.

January 19 - Shelah Richards , actress and producer.

March 3 - Noel Purcell , actor.

June 29 - Máire Ní Scolaí , singer.

September 8 - Frederick May , composer.

October 11 - Dr. C.S. (Todd) Andrews , Irish revolutionary and public servant.

December 4 - Frederick Boland , former Ambassador to the United Nations .