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1970 in Ireland

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See also:1970 in Northern Ireland
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Events in the year 1970 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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  • 4 May – The Minister for Justice, Mícheál Ó Móráin, resigned from the government citing ill-health. The Taoiseach stated in the Dáil (parliament) on 7 May, "I wish to state that Deputy Ó Moráin's condition is not unassociated with the shock he suffered as a result of the killing of Garda Fallon".
  • 6 May – Arms Crisis: The Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, and the Minister for Agriculture, Neil Blaney, were asked to resign by the Taoiseach. He accused them of an attempted illegal importation of arms for use by the Provisional IRA. Kevin Boland, the Minister for Local Government, resigned in sympathy with them.[5]
  • 27 May – Captain James Kelly, Albert Luykx, and John Kelly were arrested and charged with conspiracy to import arms.
  • 28 May – Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney appeared in the Bridewell Court in Dublin charged, along with Albert Luykx and Captain James Kelly, with conspiracy to import arms.
  • 31 May – The racehorse Arkle was put down at the home of his owner, Anne, Duchess of Westminster.

June

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July

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  • 2 July – Neil Blaney was cleared of arms conspiracy charges.
  • 5 July – After a special cabinet meeting the government demanded a ban on all parades in Northern Ireland and the disarming of civilians.

August

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September

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October

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  • 3 October – United States President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat were greeted by Taoiseach Jack Lynch on their arrival in Ireland. In Dublin, an anti-Vietnam War protest took place.
  • 4 October – Pat Nixon visited relatives and her ancestral home in County Mayo. Another protest took place outside the United States embassy in Dublin.
  • 14 October – Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise, survivors of the aborted Apollo 13 spaceflight to the moon, landed at Dublin Airport as part of a European tour with wives Marilyn Lovell and Mary Haise (Swigert was unmarried). They were received at Áras an Uachtaráin by President Éamon de Valera on his 88th birthday.[6][7]
  • 23 October – Charles Haughey, James Kelly, Albert Luykx, and John Kelly were acquitted in the Arms Conspiracy Trial.
  • 26 October – The Taoiseach was questioned on his return from the United States, and said that there will be no change in fundamental Fianna Fáil party policy regarding Northern Ireland.

December

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  • 15 December – Aer Lingus took delivery of its first Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, the largest aircraft it ever operated. The plane was stored temporarily in Everett in Washington State, USA until it arrived for service in Ireland the following March.[8]

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Arts and literature

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Sport

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Horse racing

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Football

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League of Ireland
Winners: Waterford
FAI Cup
Winners: Bohemian F.C. 0–0, 0–0, 2–1 Sligo Rovers F.C.
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Winners: Kerry 2–19 v 0–18 Meath (played at Croke Park, Dublin)
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Winners: Cork 6–21 v 5–10 Wexford (played at Croke Park, Dublin)

          (This was the first 80 minute All-Ireland Hurling Final)

Births

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Full date unknown

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ They went to the moon; we discovered the Earth Irish Times, 2019-07-13. Quote: When a fragment of moon rock was displayed in a big glass bubble in the foyer of the US embassy in Ballsbridge in 1970, it was, as Dr Johnson said of the Giant’s Causeway, worth seeing but not worth going to see: a greyish stone the size and shape of a desiccated walnut.
  2. ^ Out of this world: How the first Moon landing thrilled Ireland Irish Independent, 2019-07-13. Quote: When a "priceless sample" of Moon rock was put on display in the American Embassy in Ballsbridge, it was mobbed by crowds, with 4,000 people turning up at the start of the display. The rock, no bigger than a walnut, was described as the "most valuable geological specimen ever seen in Ireland".
  3. ^ Space Oddity Come Here To Me! Dublin Life and Culture. 2018-01-25.
  4. ^ The Irish Times, page 12, 1970-04-11.
  5. ^ The Oxford companion to Irish history (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 24 February 2011. p. 27. ISBN 9780199691869.
  6. ^ "Irish Hail Apollo 13 Crew". The New York Times. 15 October 1970. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  7. ^ American Astronauts visit Dublin Irish Photo Archive, 1970-10-13.
  8. ^ EI-ASI AirHistory.net, 2019-10-18.
  9. ^ "Lyrics to Clannad". LyricsFreak. Retrieved 30 March 2012.