1985 in Ireland

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See also: 1984 in Ireland, other events of 1985, 1986 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Sports
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

January 1 - Cork City celebrates 800 years as a chartered city.
February 26 - Former minister Desmond O'Malley is expelled from the Fianna Fáil Party.
February 28 - The IRA kills nine Royal Ulster Constabulary officers in a mortar attack at Newry station.
March 4 - Bob Geldof is honoured for his overseas aid efforts at a civic reception in the Mansion House.
March 28 - Gaisce is created by a trust deed under the patronage of the President of Ireland.
March 30 - The Ireland national rugby union team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road. They beat England 13-10.
April 28 - Dennis Taylor wins the Embassy World Snooker Championship.
May 16 - The Minister for Education, Gemma Hussey, announces a new £20 million project to create the transition year in post-primary schools.
June 23 - An Air India Boeing 747 crashes into the sea 150 miles off the Irish coast.
July 13 - Live Aid is organised by Bob Geldof in London. Ireland is the highest per-capita donor country.
July 22 - At Ballinspittle, County Cork, two women claim to have seen a statue of the Virgin Mary move. The grotto becomes a place of pilgrimage
July 31 - Thousands flock to Ballinspittle, County Cork, where a statue of the Virgin Mary is claimed to move miraculously.
September 2 - Spike Island Jail in County Cork is left in ruins following a riot by prisoners.
September 10 - The first heart transplant in Ireland takes place.
September 20 - President Hillery presents Bob Geldof with a cheque for £7 million. This is the Irish contribution to the Live Aid appeal.
October 25 - The first commercial flight departs from Knock Airport.
November 15 - An Taoiseach, Dr. Garret FitzGerald, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement at Hillsborough Castle, County Down.
November 27 - Mary Harney is expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party over her support of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
December 21 - Desmond O'Malley founds the Progressive Democrats.