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Events from the year '''1977 in Ireland'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]: [[Patrick Hillery]]
* [[Taoiseach]]:
** [[Liam Cosgrave]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]]) (until 5 July 1977)
** [[Jack Lynch]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 5 July 1977)
* [[Tánaiste]]:
** [[Brendan Corish]] ([[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]) (until 5 July 1977)
** [[George Colley]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 5 July 1977)
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]:
** [[Richie Ryan (politician)|Richie Ryan]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]]) (until 5 July 1977)
** [[George Colley]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]]) (from 5 July 1977)
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: [[Tom O'Higgins]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]:
** [[20th Dáil|20th]] (until 25 May 1977)
** [[21st Dáil|21st]] (from 5 July 1977)
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]:
** [[13th Seanad|13th]] (until 26 May 1977)
** [[14th Seanad|14th]] (from 27 October 1977)

==Events==
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* 29 January – Seven [[Irish Republican Army]] bombs exploded in the [[West End of London]], but there were no fatalities or serious injuries.
* 4 February – British police discovered an IRA bomb factory in [[Liverpool]].
* 10 February – The three IRA terrorists involved in the 1975 [[Balcombe Street Siege]] in London were sentenced to [[life imprisonment]] on six charges of murder.
* 21 February – A crater on the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] was named after the Irish poet [[W.B. Yeats]].
* 18 March – Six-year-old [[Disappearance of Mary Boyle|Mary Boyle]] from [[Kincasslagh]] vanished from her grandparents' farm near [[Ballyshannon]] in County Donegal.
* 9 May – Ireland's first [[McDonald's]] restaurant opened on [[Grafton Street]] in Dublin.
* 29 May – A massive peace rally took place in [[Belfast]] organized by [[Betty Williams (nobel laureate)|Betty Williams]], [[Mairead Corrigan|Mairéad Corrigan]] and [[Ciarán McKeown]].
* 15 June – [[Fianna Fáil]] won the [[1977 Irish general election|1977 general election]] with over 50% of the votes and a 20-seat majority
* 5 July – The [[21st Dáil]] elected [[Jack Lynch]] as [[Taoiseach]].<ref>((cite journal|url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0300/D.0300.197707050004.html|title=Dáil Éireann|journal=Parliamentary Debates|volume=300|date=5 July 1977|access-date=24 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302220125/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0300/D.0300.197707050004.html|archive-date=2 March 2012))</ref>
* 14 July – The [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] was recognised as a college of the [[National University of Ireland]].
* 10 August – Queen [[Elizabeth II]] visited [[Northern Ireland]] under tight security as part of her [[1977 Silver Jubilee|Silver Jubilee]] celebrations.
* 10 September – Irish horses were prevented from entering the United States because of an outbreak of [[Equine Venereal Disease|venereal disease]] in Irish, British and French horses.<ref>((cite journal|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=383988&dopt=Abstract|title=Contagious equine metritis – outbreak of the disease in Kentucky and laboratory methods for diagnosing the disease|last=Swerczek|first=T. W.|journal=J Reprod Fertil Suppl|year=1979|volume=27|issue=27|pages=361–5|pmid=383988))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.cemquarantine.com/C.E.M.%20articlea.htm |title= U.S. Importation of Mares and Stallions U.S.D.A. Quarantine Requirements Regarding Infectious Equine Diseases |publisher=cemquarantine.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000251/http://www.cemquarantine.com/C.E.M.%20articlea.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007))</ref>
* 18 September – In [[Ennis]], County Clare, the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] celebrated their 150th anniversary.
* 3 October – [[Dunsink Observatory]] near [[Finglas]] was badly damaged by fire. Rubble removed to the nearby municipal dump included valuable [[Apollo 11]] [[Moon rock]] fragments donated to Ireland by the American government.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16909592 What has happened to Nasa's missing Moon rocks? From lunar landscape to Dublin dump] BBC World Service, 19 February 2012.</ref><ref>[http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1978IrAJ...13..156W&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_VIEW&classic=YES Dunsink Obseratory—Outbreak of Fire, 3 October 1977] Irish Astronomical Journal, Vol. 13, p.156. March 1978.</ref>
* 22 October – A new [[Irish pound|£1 note]] was circulated, a green banknote depicting the mythical [[Queen Maeve]] of [[Connacht]].
* 18 November – The [[National Council for Educational Awards]] was given [[academic degree|degree]] awarding status.

==Arts and literature==
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* August – [[The Boomtown Rats]]' debut single "[[Lookin' After No. 1]]", written by [[Bob Geldof]], was released in the United Kingdom.
* The [[Rooney Prize for Irish Literature]] was awarded to [[Desmond Hogan]].<ref>((cite book|first=James|last=McElroy|title=Ireland: A Traveler's Literary Companion|publisher=Whereabouts Press|year=2007|page=147))</ref><ref>((cite news|title=The Hogan File|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=2 April 2005))</ref><ref>((cite news|first=Tim|last=McDonough|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GGFhAAAAIBAJ&pg=2020,240150&dq=desmond+hogan&hl=en|title=Irish Tales Have Rooney Angle|work=[[Pittsburgh Press]]|date=2 January 1981|access-date=24 April 2012))</ref>
* Publication of [[Leland Bardwell]]'s first novel ''[[Girl on a Bicycle]]'' in Dublin, set in 1940s Ireland.
* Publication of [[Paul Muldoon]]'s poetry collection ''Mules''.
* Publication of [[Niall Ó Dónaill]]'s Irish-English dictionary ''Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla''.

==Sport==
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* [[Irish Open (golf)|Carroll's Irish Open]] was won by [[Hubert Green]] (USA).
* The [[Republic of Ireland national football team]] failed to qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.
* In September, [[Cork GAA|Cork Hurlers]] completed the 'three in a row'((clarify|date=June 2020)) by beating Wexford in the All-Ireland senior hurling final.
* [[Dublin GAA|Dublin footballers]] beat Armagh in the highest ever scoring All-Ireland senior football final.

==Births==
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* January – [[Mickey O'Connell]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler.
* 4 January – [[Dan Shanahan]], hurler and coach.
* 6 January
** [[David Flynn (composer)|David Flynn]], composer and musician.
** [[Genevieve O'Reilly]], actress.
* 7 January – [[Tomm Moore]], twice Oscar nominated animator and film maker.
* 10 January – [[Michelle O'Neill]], née Doris, politician, First Minister of Northern Ireland.
* 7 February – [[Francis Barrett (boxer)|Francis Barrett]], boxer.
* 15 February – [[Damien Faulkner]], motor racing driver.
* 16 February – [[Ian Clarke (computer scientist)|Ian Clarke]], software developer.
* 3 March – [[Ronan Keating]], singer.
* 7 March – [[Ronan O'Gara]], International rugby player.
* 16 March – [[Donal Óg Cusack]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] [[hurling]] goalkeeper.
* 31 March – [[Finghin Collins]], pianist.
* 1 April – [[Pádraic Joyce]], [[Galway GAA|Galway]] [[Gaelic football]]er.
* 14 April
** [[Stephen Grant (footballer)|Stephen Grant]], soccer player.
** [[Trevor Malloy]], soccer player.
* 7 May – [[Lisa Kelly]], singer.
* 8 May – [[Joe Doyle (musician)|Joe Doyle]], bass player.
* 9 May – [[Paul Lynch (writer)|Paul Lynch]], novelist.
* 12 May – [[Barry Foley]], [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] hurler.
* 16 May – [[Robbie Ryan (footballer)|Robbie Ryan]], soccer player.
* 22 May – [[Seán Óg Ó hAilpín]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] [[hurling]] and [[Gaelic football]] player
* 1 June
** [[Thomas Byrne (Meath politician)|Thomas Byrne]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] for [[Meath East (Dáil constituency)|Meath East]].
** [[Jamie Costin]], race walker.
* 15 June – [[P. J. Ryan (hurler, born 1977)|P. J. Ryan]], [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] hurler.
* 20 June – [[Hazel Kaneswaran]], singer.
* 21 June
** [[Barry Archer]], cricketer.
** [[Michael Gomez]], boxer.
* 25 June – [[Daniel Kinahan]], boxing promoter.
* 2 July – [[Laura Woods (Irish presenter)|Laura Woods]], radio and television presenter.
* 6 July – [[Pearse Doherty]], [[Sinn Féin]] [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]].
* 27 July – [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]], actor.
* 9 August – [[Caroline Morahan]], actress and television presenter.
* 14 August – [[Tom Mulligan]], [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] Gaelic footballer (died 2007).
* 17 August – [[Colin Hawkins]], soccer player.
* 18 August – [[Elaine Crowley (presenter)|Elaine Crowley]], journalist, newsreader and television presenter.
* 21 August – [[Anthony Lynch (Gaelic footballer)|Anthony Lynch]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] Gaelic footballer.
* 25 August – [[Dessie Baker]], soccer player.
* 31 August – [[Ian Harte]], international soccer player.
* 7 September
** [[Marcus Horan]], international rugby player.
** [[Timmy McCarthy]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] [[hurling]] player.
* 15 September – [[Gavin Smith (racing driver)|Gavin Smith]], motor racing driver.
* 15 November – [[Joe Deane]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] [[hurling]] player.
* 3 December – [[Kerri Ann]], pop singer.
* 11 December – [[Emma Ledden]], television presenter.
* 13 December – [[Peter Stringer]], [[rugby union]] player for [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] and [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]].
* 27 December – [[Sinead Keenan]], actress.
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:* [[John Browne (hurler)|John Browne]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler.
:* [[Stephen Byrne (hurler)|Stephen Byrne]], [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] hurler.
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:* [[Ste V Roc]], [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] artist and [[MC]].
:* Anthony Ruby, artist.
:* [[Donie Ryan]], [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] hurler.

==Deaths==
((Unreferenced section|date=June 2020))
* 5 January – [[Patrick Cogan]], Independent TD (born 1903).
* 17 April – [[William Conway (cardinal)|William Conway]], [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Archbishop of Armagh (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Armagh]] (born 1913).
* 24 April – [[Geoffrey Bing]], lawyer and Labour politician in UK (born 1909).
* 14 June – [[Joe Keppel]], comic performer (born 1894).
* 14 July – [[Fiona Plunkett]], Republican (born 1896).
* 17 July – [[Micky Cross]], hurler ([[Claughaun GAA|Claughaun]], [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]], [[Munster GAA|Munster]], [[Ireland national hurling team|national team]]) (born 1902).
* 1 August – [[Bill Loughery]], cricketer (born 1907).
* 21 December – [[Seán Keating]], painter (born 1889).
* 23 December – [[Raymond McGrath]], architect and interior designer (born 1903 in Australia).
* 26 December – [[Jimmy Walsh (Kilkenny hurler)|Jimmy Walsh]], Kilkenny hurler (born 1911).

==See also==
*[[1977 in Irish television]]

==References==
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((Years in Ireland))
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