1971 in Northern Ireland
Events
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6 February - Gunner Robert Curtis becomes the first British soldier to die in the Troubles [ [http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html Larkspirit Irish History] ] .
*15 February -Decimal Day : The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch todecimal currency .
*16 July - theSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) announces that it is withdrawing fromStormont .
*9 August -Internment without trial is introduced inNorthern Ireland . Over 300 republicans are 'lifted' in pre-dawn raids. SomeLoyalist s are later arrested. (See:Operation Demetrius ).
*12 August - British troops begin clearing operations inBelfast following the worst rioting in years. An TaoiseachJack Lynch calls for an end to theStormont administration.
*30 October - TheDemocratic Unionist Party is founded by the Rev.Ian Paisley .
*19 November - An TaoiseachJack Lynch has talks withPrime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Wilson inDublin .
*4 December - TheMcGurk's Bar bombing by theUlster Volunteer Force kills 15 people.Arts and literature
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5 March -Ulster Hall ,Belfast , becomes the first place in whichLed Zeppelin play their iconic song "Stairway to Heaven ".port
Football
*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Distillery 3 - 0 Derry CityBirths
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31 January -Patrick Kielty , comedian and television presenter.
*1 February -Alan Fettis , footballer.
*5 June -Susan Lynch , actress.
*25 June -Neil Lennon , footballer.
*13 July -Eamonn Magee , boxer.
*2 August - Michael Hughes, footballer.
*2 August -Anthony Tohill , Gaelic footballer.
*10 September - David Humphreys, Irish internationalrugby union footballer.
*12 December -Naomi Long , Alliance Party MLA.Full date unknown
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Darran Lindsay , motorcycle road racer, killed while practising (d.2006).
*Robert McCartney, victim of murder allegedly carried out by members of theProvisional Irish Republican Army (d.2005).Deaths
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24 January -St. John Greer Ervine , dramatist and author (b.1883).
*15 May - Billy Reid, volunteer inProvisional Irish Republican Army , killed in gunfight with British Army (b.1939).
*14 June -Gerard Dillon , artist (b.1916).
*27 July -Charlie Tully , footballer (b.1924).References
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