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Events from the year1982 in Ireland.

• 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)

• 21 January – Kildare TD,Charlie McCreevy, was expelled from theFianna Fáil parliamentary party for criticisingCharles Haughey.
• 27 January –Garret FitzGerald'sFine Gael-Labour government was defeated 82–81 on its budget; the22nd 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 electedTaoiseach.
• 12 March – The country's first crematorium was officially opened atGlasnevin Cemetery inDublin.
• 6 April –James Prior launched 'rolling devolution' forNorthern Ireland.
• 28 April – Work began on theCork–Dublin natural gas pipeline.
• 2 May – TheGovernment affirmed its neutrality in the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposedEuropean Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as did Italy).
• 10 May –Seamus Mallon of theSocial Democratic and Labour Party was appointed toSeanad Éireann.
• 24 May – Twenty thousand people across the country marched to protest against income tax andPay Related Social Insurance changes.
• 20 July – TheIrish Republican Army killed ten servicemen in bomb attacks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park inLondon.
• 16 August – TheAttorney GeneralPatrick 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 theNorthern Ireland Assembly election.Sinn Féin won its first five seats in theAssembly, withGerry Adams representingBelfast West.^[1]
• 27 October – Pte Michael McAleavey, anIrish Army soldier on service withUNIFIL inSouth Lebanon, murdered three of his colleagues: Pte Peter Burke, Pte Thomas Murphy, and Cpl Gary Morrow.^[2]
• 1 November - A newly-designed £50 note was launched featuring a portrait of musicianTurlough O'Carolan.
• 2 November – Former leader of theLabour 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: TheIrish National Liberation Army killed 17 people in a bomb attack at the Droppin Well Inn, Ballykelly,County Londonderry.
• 14 December – The24th Dáil assembled; Garret FitzGerald was elected Taoiseach.
• Undated event: Rice Bridge replaced Redmond Bridge inWaterford City.

• 11 March –Frank McGuinness's first play,The Factory Girls, set in a Donegal shirt factory, was premiered on theAbbey Theatre's Peacock stage in Dublin.^[3]
• 22 April –Graham Reid's playThe Hidden Curriculum, set in West Belfast, was premiered on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.^[3]
• 16 June (Bloomsday) –Ulysses broadcast:RTÉ Radio transmitted an uninterrupted, unabridged, 30-hour dramatised performance ofJames Joyce's novelUlysses to mark the centenary of the author's birth. The marathon broadcast won aJacob's Award.
• 24 July – The secondSlane Concert took place withThe Rolling Stones,The J. Geils Band,The Chieftains, andGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers playing atSlane Castle.
• 30 July - The second and finalOccasion at the Castle music festival takes place in Castlebar, County Mayo.^[4][5]
• September –Medbh McGuckian was awarded theRooney Prize for Irish Literature, with a special prize toSeán Ó Tuama andThomas Kinsella forAn Duanaire / Poems of the Dispossessed.^[6] McGuckian's poetry collectionThe Flower Master was published this year.
• Maeve Binchy's first novelLight a Penny Candle was published.
• Unlicensed operatorRadio Nova began broadcasting in Dublin.

• Kerry were denied a fifth consecutiveAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship title byOffaly in a famous final.

• TheIrish Open was won by IrishmanJohn O'Leary.

• Kilkenny won theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

• TheIreland rugby team won the Triple Crown Ireland for the first time since 1949 by beatingScotland 21–12 on 21 February, having already beatenWales andEngland.

• 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).^[7]
• 20 May –Wes Hoolahan, soccer player.^[8]
• 19 June –Jackie Tyrrell,Kilkenny hurler.

• 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.

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

• 1 January –Michael Hilliard,Fianna FáilTD, Cabinet Minister andMEP (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 ofThe Irish Press,Fianna FáilTD representingDublin 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).^[9]
• 15 June –Johnny Callanan,Fianna FáilTD (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 theAll-Time All Star Award (hurling) (born 1912).
• 5 October –Séamus Ennis,uilleann piper, singer andfolk-song collector (born 1919).
• 18 November –Hilton Edwards, actor, director, co-founder ofGate Theatre (born 1903 in London).

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

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