1971 in Ireland
See also:
1970 in Ireland,
other events of 1971,
1972 in Ireland and the
list of 'years in Ireland'.
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EventsApril 3 - the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Dublin. Presented by Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir, it is the first colour broadcast by RTÉ.April 11 - The Gaelic Athletic Association votes to lift its ban on members participating in "foreign games" such as soccer, rugby and cricket.May 11 - Sean Lemass, Taoiseach from 1959 to 1966, dies in Dublin aged 71. He was active during the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War.May 22 - members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement return to Dublin by train from Belfast bringing contraceptives as a protest against the law banning their importation.July 16 - the SDLP announces that it is withdrawing from Stormont.August 9 - internment without trial is introduced in Northern Ireland. 300 men are 'lifted' in pre-dawn raids. No loyalists are targeted.August 12 - British troops begin clearing operations in Belfast following the worst rioting in years. An Taoiseach Jack Lynch calls for an end to the Stormont administration.September 25 - a rally takes place in Dublin in support of passive disobedience in Northern Ireland.November 10 - the government defeats a motion of no confidence in Jim Gibbons.November 17 - Neil Blaney and Paudge Brennan are expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.November 19 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch has talks with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Dublin.
Arts and literature
Sports
Births March 4 - Fergal Lawler, drummer with The Cranberries. August 10 - Roy Keane, footballer. August 31 - Padraig Harrington, golfer. September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, lead vocalist with The Cranberries. October 10 - Roy Keane, footballer.
Deaths - January 24 - St John Ervine, playwright and novelist.
- April 1 - Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, X-ray crystallographer.
- May 10 - Archie Heron, trade union organiser.
- May 11 - Sean Lemass, former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil.
- May 15 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie, playwright and novelist.
- June 13 - Máiréad Ní Ghráda, poet and playwright.
- June 14 - Gerard Dillon, artist and painter.
- September 15 - John Bernal, physicist.
- September 26 - Conor Maguire, lawyer and judge.
- October 3 - Seán Ó Riada, composer.
- December 16 - Richard Mulcahy, Revolutionary, Cabinet Minister and former leader of Fine Gael.
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