1972 in Ireland
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See also: 1971 in Ireland, other events of 1972, 1973 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- January 22 - An Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, and Minister for External Affairs, Patrick Hillery, sign the Treaty of Accession to the European Communities.
- January 30 - Bloody Sunday: 13 unarmed civilians are shot dead in Derry as British paratroopers open fire on a banned civil rights march.
- January 31 - An Taoiseach Jack Lynch announces a national day of mourning following the events in Derry the previous day.
- February 1 - Rioting takes place in Dublin. The British Embassy is burned in Merrion Square.
- February 9 - A day of disruption takes place in Northern Ireland as people take to the streets in protest.
- February 10 - The IRA announces a ceasefire.
- February 12 - William Craig launches the Ulster Vanguard Movement in Lisburn.
- February 19 - The National Anti-EEC Committee organises a march along O'Connell Street.
- February 26 - Crowds turn out to see Pelé and his club, Santos, play at Dalymount Park.
- April 2 - Raidió na Gaeltachta goes on the air.
- April 17 - The government launches its EEC referendum campaign.
- May 5 - RTC, Carlow becomes the first Regional Technical College to install a computer - the computer is to be used for business and engineering courses and uses the Fortran and RPG languages and cost £10,000.
- May 10 - In the referendum on Ireland's membership of the EEC the poll is almost five to one in favour.
- June 13 - An Garda Síochána celebrates its 50th anniversary.
- July 6 - Dmitri Shostakovich is presented with an honorary DMus degree at a ceremony in Trinity College Dublin.
- July 12 - Over 2,000 refugees from Northern Ireland spend the marching season south of the border.
- July 21 - Bloody Friday: 9 people die and over 100 are injured in a series of IRA explosions in Belfast city centre.
- July 31 - Operation Motorman: British troops invade no-go areas in Belfast, Derry and Newry.
- August 20 - Commemorations are held at Béal na mBláth, County Cork, to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Michael Collins.
- December 13 - President de Valera signs documents covering Ireland's entry into the EEC.
Arts and literature
- William Trevor's collection of stories The Ballroom of Romance is published.
Sports
- Alex Higgins wins the World Professional Snooker Championship.
Births
- January 27 - Keith Wood, former International rugby player.
Deaths
- January 11 - Pádraic Colum, poet and dramatist.
- June 19 - John Blowick, co-founder St Columban’s Foreign Mission Society.
- May 22 - Cecil Day Lewis, poet.
- September 1 - Patricia Lynch, author.
