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{{YearInNorthernIrelandNav|1976}}Events during the year 1976 in Northern Ireland. IncumbentsEvents- 5 January - Kingsmill massacre: ten Protestant men killed in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), using the cover name "South Armagh Republican Action Force".
- 1 March - Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland.
- 4 March - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
- 12 March - Lenny Murphy, leader of the Shankill Butchers, is arrested, but his gang continue to murder.
- 17 March - Hillcrest Bar bombing: 4 catholics are killed and a further 50 injured in Hillcrest, Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland when a car bomb by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) goes off outside a crowded pub on Saint Patrick's Day. The attack is one of the many attributed to the Glenanne gang.
- 15 July - Four prisoners escape when bombs explode in the Special Criminal Court, Dublin.
- 21 July - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a landmine at Sandyford, Co. Dublin.
- 10 August - Three children die when are hit by a car whose driver, an IRA fugitive named Danny Lennon, is fatally shot by British troops. A witness, Betty Williams, is inspired to set up Women for Peace.[1]
- 14 August - 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland.
- 14 September - Kieran Nugent is first IRA man to be admitted to the Maze Prison without Special Category Status. He becomes the first blanketman.[2]
- November - The Provisional Irish Republican Army restructures on cellular lines.[3]
- 10 December - Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize.[4]
- Ruth Patterson becomes the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.[5]
Arts and literature- 16 March - Downtown Radio, an adult contemporary music station, begins broadcasting from Newtownards to the Belfast area, the first Independent Local Radio in Northern Ireland.
- Ciaran Carson publishes his first book, the poetry collection The New Estate.
SportFootballWinners: Crusaders
Winners: Carrick Rangers 2 - 1 Linfield
Births- 25 March - Francis Bellew, Gaelic footballer.
- 30 March - Mark McClelland, musician, formerly with Snow Patrol.
- 24 May - Maclean Stewart, actor.
- 3 June - Paul Berry, former Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
- 15 June - Gary Lightbody, musician with Snow Patrol.
- 18 August - Damaen Kelly, boxer.
- 25 October - Steve Jones, footballer.
- 29 October - Stephen Craigan, footballer.
- Ian McCrea, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
Deaths- 4 May - Hugh Delargy, British Labour Party politician and MP (born 1908).
- 29 July - Knox Cunningham, barrister, businessman and Ulster Unionist politician (born 1909).
- 7 October - Michael O'Neill, nationalist politician and MP (born 1909).
- 4 December - W. F. McCoy, Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (born 1886).
See also- 1976 in Scotland
- 1976 in Wales
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Betty Williams|url=http://www.virginia.edu/nobel/laureates/bios/williams_bio.html|work=Nobel Peace Laureates Conference|accessdate=2013-04-04|date=November 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916222735/http://www.virginia.edu/nobel/laureates/bios/williams_bio.html|archive-date=2011-09-16|dead-url=yes|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html |title=Larkspirit Irish History |publisher=larkspirit.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423022915/http://larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html |archivedate=23 April 2009}}
3. ^{{cite book|first=Aaron|last=Edwards|title=The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969-2007|location=Oxford|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84908-525-0|page=48}}
4. ^The Nobel Peace Prize 1976
5. ^{{cite web|title=Staff Profiles|url=http://www.restorationministries.co.uk/about/staff.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112010101/http://www.restorationministries.co.uk/about/staff.htm|publisher=Restoration Ministries|location=Belfast|accessdate=2012-07-26 |dead-url=yes|archivedate=12 January 2012}}
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