# 1982 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1982 in Ireland.

## Incumbents

* President: Patrick Hillery
* Taoiseach:
** Garret FitzGerald (FG) (until 9 March 1982)
** Charles Haughey (FF) (from 9 March 1982 until 14 December 1982)
** Garret FitzGerald (FG) (from 14 December 1982)
* Tánaiste:
** Michael O'Leary (Lab) (until 9 March 1982)
** Ray MacSharry (FF) (from 9 March 1982 until 14 December 1982)
** Dick Spring (Lab) (from 14 December 1982)
* Minister for Finance:
** John Bruton (FG) (until 9 March 1982)
** Ray MacSharry (FF) (from 9 March 1982 until 14 December 1982)
** Alan Dukes (FG) (from 14 December 1982)
* Chief Justice: Tom O'Higgins
* Dáil:
** 22nd (until 27 January 1982)
** 23rd (from 9 March 1982 until 4 November 1982)
** 24th (from 14 December 1982)
* Seanad:
** 15th (until 16 April 1982)
** 16th (from 13 May 1982 until 21 December 1982)

## Events

* 21 January – Kildare TD, Charlie McCreevy, was expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticising Charles Haughey.
* 27 January – Garret FitzGerald's Fine Gael-Labour government was defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil was dissolved.
* 1 February – Corporal punishment was banned in schools.
* 18 February – General election: Fianna Fáil was the largest party.
* 9 March – 23rd Dáil assembled; Charles Haughey was elected Taoiseach.
* 12 March – The country's first crematorium was officially opened at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.
* 6 April – James Prior launched 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland.
* 28 April – Work began on the Cork–Dublin natural gas pipeline.
* 2 May – The Government affirmed its neutrality in the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposed European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as did Italy).
* 10 May – Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party was appointed to Seanad Éireann.
* 24 May – Twenty thousand people across the country marched to protest against income tax and Pay Related Social Insurance changes.
* 20 July – The Irish Republican Army killed ten servicemen in bomb attacks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London.
* 16 August – The Attorney General Patrick Connolly resigned after a wanted double-murderer was found staying on his property; the ensuing scandal was later described as being "grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented" by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
* 6 October – Taoiseach Charles Haughey won a majority of 58 votes to 22 in an open ballot on Charlie McCreevy's motion of no confidence in his leadership.
* 15 October – Cork Airport celebrated its 21st birthday. The airport had yet to make a profit.
* 20 October – Polling took place in the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Sinn Féin won its first five seats in the Assembly, with Gerry Adams representing Belfast West.
* 27 October – Pte Michael McAleavey, an Irish Army soldier on service with UNIFIL in South Lebanon, murdered three of his colleagues: Pte Peter Burke, Pte Thomas Murphy, and Cpl Gary Morrow.
* 1 November - A newly-designed £50 note was launched featuring a portrait of musician Turlough O'Carolan.
* 2 November – Former leader of the Labour Party, Michael O'Leary, joined the Fine Gael Party.
* 4 November – The government lost a confidence motion in the Dáil by 82 votes to 80. President Hillery dissolved the 23rd Dáil.
* 24 November – General election: Fine Gael was the largest party.
* 1 December – Grafton Street in Dublin officially became a pedestrianised street.
* 6 December – Ballykelly disco bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army killed 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly, County Londonderry.
* 14 December – The 24th Dáil assembled; Garret FitzGerald was elected Taoiseach.
* Undated event: Rice Bridge replaced Redmond Bridge in Waterford City.

## Arts and literature

* 11 March – Frank McGuinness's first play, The Factory Girls, set in a Donegal shirt factory, was premiered on the Abbey Theatre's Peacock stage in Dublin.
* 22 April – Graham Reid's play The Hidden Curriculum, set in West Belfast, was premiered on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
* 16 June (Bloomsday) – Ulysses broadcast: RTÉ Radio transmitted an uninterrupted, unabridged, 30-hour dramatised performance of James Joyce's novel Ulysses to mark the centenary of the author's birth. The marathon broadcast won a Jacob's Award.
* 24 July – The second Slane Concert took place with The Rolling Stones, The J. Geils Band, The Chieftains, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers playing at Slane Castle.
* September – Medbh McGuckian was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, with a special prize to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella for An Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed. McGuckian's poetry collection The Flower Master was published this year.
* Maeve Binchy's first novel Light a Penny Candle was published.
* Unlicensed operator Radio Nova began broadcasting in Dublin.

## Sport
### Gaelic football

* Kerry were denied a fifth consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title by Offaly in a famous final.

### Golf

* The Irish Open was won by Irishman John O'Leary.

### Hurling

* Kilkenny won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

### Rugby

* The Ireland rugby team won the Triple Crown Ireland for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21–12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England.

## Births
### January to June

* 22 January – Alan McDermott, soccer player.
* 10 February – Keith Dunne, soccer player.
* 11 February – John Melligan, soccer player.
* 18 February – Damien Hayes, Galway hurler.
* 6 March – J. J. Delaney, Kilkenny hurler.
* 4 April – Robbie Hedderman, soccer player.
* 6 April – Philip Byrne, soccer player.
* 27 April – Cliff Byrne, soccer player.
* 27 April – Stephen O'Flynn, soccer player.
* 5 May – Noel O'Leary, Cork Gaelic footballer.
* 10 May – Alan Keely, soccer player (d. 2021).
* 20 May – Wes Hoolahan, soccer player.
* 19 June – Jackie Tyrrell, Kilkenny hurler.

### July to December

* 13 July – James Masters, Cork Gaelic footballer.
* 20 July – Aidan Fogarty, Kilkenny hurler.
* 21 July – Brian Murphy, Cork hurler.
* 29 July – Andy Reid, soccer player.
* 31 July – Alan O'Hare, soccer player.
* 5 August – John Lester, soccer player.
* 10 September – Andrew Murray, boxer.

### Full date unknown

* Graham Callinan, Cork hurler.
* Sarah Flannery, winner of the 1999 Esat Young Scientist Exhibition.
* Peter Lawlor, Limerick hurler.
* Kevin McMahon, Cork Gaelic footballer.
* Damian Reale, Limerick hurler.
* Pat Tobin, Limerick hurler.

## Deaths

* 1 January – Michael Hilliard, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1903).
* 16 January – Sir Basil Goulding, 3rd Baronet, cricketer, squash player and art collector (born 1909).
* 5 February – George Crothers, cricketer (born 1909).
* 16 February – Vivion de Valera, barrister, managing director of The Irish Press, Fianna Fáil TD representing Dublin North-West (born 1910).
* 3 March – Con Cottrell, Cork hurler (born 1917).
* 18 March – Patrick Smith, TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1901).
* 26 March – Sam Kydd, actor (born 1915).
* 26 May – Pamela Hinkson, novelist (born 1900).
* 15 June – Johnny Callanan, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1910).
* 7 July – Charles Hill, cricketer (born 1903).
* 24 August – Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, poet and writer (born 1919).
* 13 September – Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the All-Time All Star Award (hurling) (born 1912).
* 5 October – Séamus Ennis, uilleann piper, singer and folk-song collector (born 1919).
* 18 November – Hilton Edwards, actor, director, co-founder of Gate Theatre (born 1903 in London).

### Full date unknown

* Mick Kennefick, Cork hurler (born 1924).
* Caitlín Maude, poet, actress and traditional singer (born 1941).