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6.1 Full date unknown. 7 See also. 8 References. Toggle the table of contents. 1982 in Ireland. 2 languages. ... 1982 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1982
6 April - James Prior launches 'rolling devolution' for Northern Ireland. April 1982 the Thatcher government published its White Paper on Northern Ireland. [2] 10 May - Seamus Mallon of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is appointed to Seanad Éireann. 20 October - Polling takes place in the Northern Ireland Assembly election.
The murderer, Malcolm Edward MacArthur, born 17 April 1945, was a well-known eccentric character in Dublin social circles and never held a job, as he lived off his IR£70,000 inheritance (the equivalent of almost €900,000 in 2023) from the sale of his father's farm after the latter's death in 1971. [4]
Tennis is played by Lurgan Tennis Club which is in Lurgan Park. Lurgan Golf Club is an 18-hole parkland course bordering on Lurgan lake. [citation needed] The Lurgan Park Rally, inaugurated in 1980, was one of the largest motorsport events on the island of Ireland. However, the event has been on hiatus since 2017. [citation needed]
27 October 1982 – Seán Quinn (37), a Catholic, Alan McCloy (34) and Paul Hamilton (26), both Protestants, all members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their armoured patrol car at Oxford Island, near Lurgan. 11 November 1982 - Eugene Toman (21), Sean Burns (21) and ...
10 September: The IRA shot dead a man (David McVeigh) in Lurgan. The IRA claimed he had been a member of their organisation but had become an informer in 1982 after he was arrested in connection with the bombing of Lurgan Golf Club. [156] 11 September: the IRA launched a gun and rocket attack on RUC headquarters on the Strand Road in Derry. [158]
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The Lurgan Park Rally was an annual rally event held in Lurgan Park in Lurgan, Northern Ireland from 1980 to 2016. [1] [2] In 2010, the rally was given a new logo and another new logo was released for the 2012 rally. The Rally also held the Escort Mk2 Challenge. [3] It was the largest single rally venue on the island of Ireland.