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EVENTS

January 2 - Dundalk , County Louth celebrates its 1200 year heritage.

February 12 - Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is shot dead by Loyalists , who were aided by the Royal Ulster Constabulary .

March 21 - Three Irish soldiers on United Nations duty are killed in a landmine explosion in southern Lebanon .

April 3 - Belfast -born Alex Higgins beats Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson And Hedges snooker championship.

April 4 - The Windmill Lane Consortium says that if it gets the franchise it will be on the air within 9 to 12 months with its station TV3 .

June 16 - Ray McAnally , one of the country's most versatile actors, dies suddenly.

June 22 - an order is signed creating the University Of Limerick , the first university founded since the foundation of the state, later in the day Dublin City University is created

June 29 - Charles Haughey resigns as Taoiseach . He remains on in a caretaker capacity.

August 19 - 10,000 people march from Dublin city centre to the British Embassy calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland .

September 4 - Century Radio goes on the air for the first time.

October 11 - The Republic Of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier at Lansdowne Road .

October 19 - Three of the Guildford Four are released in London . Paul Hill is immediately re-arrested.

December 21 - Aer Rianta 's 5,000,000th passenger is presented with a holiday to Florida .

December 26 - Poet, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize For Literature , Samuel Beckett , dies in Paris .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

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DEATHS

January 31 - Allan McClelland , actor and writer.

April 7 - Frank Cluskey , former leader of the Labour Party .

June 15 - Ray McAnally , actor.

August 3 - Dominic Behan , author and songwriter.

August 12 - Emyr Estyn Evans , Ireland's first Professor of Geography.

October 6 - Patricia Cockburn , artist.

October 31 - Liam Redmond , actor.

November 4 - Vivian Mercier , critic, scholar and teacher.

December 14 - Gerry Healy , British Trotskyist leader.

December 22 - Samuel Beckett , poet, novelist, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize For Literature .