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1975 in Northern Ireland
Events during the year
1975 in
Northern Ireland
.
Incumbents
Secretary of State
-
Merlyn Rees
Events
10 February â A
Provisional IRA
(PIRA) ceasefire begins; this ceasefire officially lasts until 23 January 1976.
20 February â A violent feud erupts between the
Official Irish Republican Army
(OIRA) and the
Irish Republican Socialist Party
and
Irish National Liberation Army
(INLA).
1 May â Elections take place for the
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
.
5 June âÂÂ
United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum
takes place across the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland votes to remain in the
European Communities
with a slight majority.
17 July â The
South Armagh Brigade
of the PIRA killed four soldiers at
Forkhill
,
County Armagh
with a remote-controlled
improvised explosive
(
Forkhill beer keg bombing
).
31 July âÂÂ
Miami Showband killings
: Three members of
The Miami Showband
, together with two paramilitaries, are killed in an
Ulster Volunteer Force
(UVF) ambush in
County Down
as they return home to Dublin from playing at a dance in
Banbridge
.
13 August âÂÂ
Bayardo Bar Attack
: The PIRA carried out a gun and bomb attack on the Bayardo Bar on the
Shankill Road
in Belfast, a bar frequented by UVF commanders. Four Protestant civilians and one UVF member were killed.
22 November âÂÂ
Drummuckavall ambush
: The PIRA attacked a
British Army
observation post at Drummuckavall near
Crossmaglen
,
County Armagh
, killing three soldiers.
31 December âÂÂ
Central Bar bombing
: The INLA carried out a bomb attack on a bar in
Gilford, County Down
, killing three protestant civilians.
Arts and literature
14 May âÂÂ
Patrick Galvin
's
We Do It For Love
, a satire on
The Troubles
, opens at the
Lyric Theatre
.
October âÂÂ
Stewart Parker
's
Spokesong
opens at the Lyric (Belfast); his play
IâÂÂm a Dreamer, Montreal
is also written this year.
The
punk rock
/
new wave
band which will become
The Undertones
is formed in
Derry
.
William Peskett
's poems
The Nightowl's Dissection
are published.
Sport
Football
Irish League
â Winners:
Linfield
Irish Cup
â Winners:
Coleraine
1 â 1, 0 â 0, 1 â 0
Linfield
16 August âÂÂ
Ballinamallard United F.C.
established
Births
18 February âÂÂ
Keith Gillespie
, international soccer player.
9 June âÂÂ
Brian Magee
, boxer.
21 July âÂÂ
Cara Dillon
,
folk
singer
24 July âÂÂ
Gordon Cooke
, cricketer.
27 August âÂÂ
Kyle McCallan
, cricketer.
4 September âÂÂ
Andrew Patterson
, cricketer.
13 October âÂÂ
OisÃÂn McConville
,
Armagh
Gaelic football
er.
4 November âÂÂ
Warren Christie
, actor.
Full date unknown
Nick Laird
, novelist and poet.
Deaths
23 February âÂÂ
Ernest Blythe
, writer, journalist and theatre manager, member of
1st Dáil
and Cabinet Minister (born 1889).
28 April âÂÂ
Billy McMillen
, OIRA officer, killed in feud with the INLA (born 1927).
25 November âÂÂ
Moyna Macgill
, stage and film actress, mother of
Angela Lansbury
(born 1895).
See also
1975 in Scotland
1975 in Wales
References