April 3 - The last passenger train runs on the Limerick-Claremorris line ending an 80-year-north-south link along the western seaboard.
May 17 - Tim Severin in the boat Brendan sets off from Dingle to America, tracing the route of the legendary sixth-century Irish monk Brendan.
June 29 - The highest temperature record in Ireland this century, 32.5C (90.5F) at Boora, Offaly. The highest on record was in 1887.[1]
July 15 - Four prisoners escape when bombs explode in the Special Criminal Court, Dublin.
July 21 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a landmine at Sandyford, Co. Dublin.
September 23 - The President, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, consults with the Council of State for four hours on whether to refer the Emergency Powers legislation to the Supreme Court.
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