1980 in Ireland
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See also: 1979 in Ireland, other events of 1980, 1981 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.
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Events
- January 9 - Charles Haughey addresses the nation by television on the matter of its worsening finances
- March 25 - CIÉs first bus lane comes into operation on Parliament Street in Dublin.
- April 19 - Johnny Logan wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with the song 'What's Another Year.'
- May 1 - The Derrynaflan Chalice is discovered in a bog.
- September 1 - China's first Ambassador to Ireland, Madame Gong Pusheng, arrives in Dublin.
- October 6 - Justice Mella Carroll is the first woman to reach the position of High Court Judge.
- October 27 - Over 2,000 people take part in the first RTÉ Radio 2 Dublin City Marathon.
- November 11 - National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin admitts its first students to the college, a total of 200 students.
- December 8 - An Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey meets with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Dublin Castle. It is the first visit by a British premier since independence.
- December 19 - Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch is conferred with the freedom of his native city, Cork.
Arts and literature
Sports
Births
Deaths
- June 25 - James Hamilton Delargy, folklorist.
- July 2 - Tom Barry, Irish Revolutionary.
- September 5 - Eric Cross, scientist.
- November 7 - Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary.
- December 16 - Roddy Connolly, former Labour Party politician.
- November 22 - Norah McGuinness, artist.
- December 24 - Arland Ussher, writer.
- December 30 - Patrick Hennessy, painter.
