1980 in Ireland

See also: 1979 in Ireland, other events of 1980, 1981 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

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 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.