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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

This morning, I thought I'd post a few relevant dates in the history of our lovely little country...

- The fist date being 1 November 1980 when "The Health (Family Planning

) (Amendment

) Act, 1985 liberalised the law by allowing condoms to be sold to people over 18 without having to present a prescription

...thought that one might pass off without incident

but OHH NO!

A few old ladies on the news who were not too happy about that one

What made it an even bigger tragedy was that there was no Joe Duffy and his whinge line for them to express their inherent displeasure at all, at all

So, have you any relevant historical Irish dates to share?

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

* On 1 November 1980 the Act came into operation by order of the Minister.... then the Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 liberalised the law by allowing condoms

...2 dates there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1973 - Ireland joins European Economic Community

April 10, 1998. - Good Friday Agreement.

January 1, 2002 - change to Euro from Irish Punt.

And on a selfish note - January 15, 2001, the date I moved to Ireland for a few years to enjoy the Irish scene...

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By *he rover returnedWoman
over a year ago

xxx

May 1971 the womens liberation movement. That train was the start of sexual freedom for women in Ireland.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

On this very day in 1980 Johnny Logan won the Eurovision with Shay Healy's song, What's another year.

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

Playboy was banned from the Irish top shelves until 1995. When censorship loosened, the magazine fetched £4.90 (and that was a weeks wages in punts back then

as I was delivering newspapers then!!

) ...far more than it went for in the UK

HOWEVER... To mark its entry into the market, a celebratory one-off Irish issue was published

...Cailíní deasa!!

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"Playboy was banned from the Irish top shelves until 1995. When censorship loosened, the magazine fetched £4.90 (and that was a weeks wages in punts back then

as I was delivering newspapers then!!

) ...far more than it went for in the UK

HOWEVER... To mark its entry into the market, a celebratory one-off Irish issue was published

...Cailíní deasa!!

I bought it myself and have it here somewhere. Mmmmm, Pamela Anderson!

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

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By *elfastDMan
over a year ago

belfast

"1973 - Ireland joins European Economic Community

April 10, 1998. - Good Friday Agreement.

January 1, 2002 - change to Euro from Irish Punt.

And on a selfish note - January 15, 2001, the date I moved to Ireland for a few years to enjoy the Irish scene...

January 1, 2002 was when the punt was withdrawn but the Euro was being used from January 1, 1999

(I had to look that up as I was sure I was using it before 2002

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"May 1971 the womens liberation movement. That train was the start of sexual freedom for women in Ireland. "

July 31st 1973,removal of the marriage bar which meant women in the public sector no longer automatically lost their jobs on marriage. The private sector was still free to discriminate against women based on their marital status until forced to change by EU legislation in 1977, finally allowing all Irish women the legal right to financial independence.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

17th June 1996, divorce legalised in the Republic of Ireland.

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

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England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

He better or my childhood TV is ruined

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

"
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Until Fidelma came along

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"1973 - Ireland joins European Economic Community

April 10, 1998. - Good Friday Agreement.

January 1, 2002 - change to Euro from Irish Punt.

And on a selfish note - January 15, 2001, the date I moved to Ireland for a few years to enjoy the Irish scene...

January 1, 2002 was when the punt was withdrawn but the Euro was being used from January 1, 1999

(I had to look that up as I was sure I was using it before 2002

You weren't using it before 2002 unless you were forging it. ??

It existed only on paper until then. The Euro equivalent was written beside the punt value on various documents but there was no physical currency in circulation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1973 - Ireland joins European Economic Community

April 10, 1998. - Good Friday Agreement.

January 1, 2002 - change to Euro from Irish Punt.

And on a selfish note - January 15, 2001, the date I moved to Ireland for a few years to enjoy the Irish scene...

January 1, 2002 was when the punt was withdrawn but the Euro was being used from January 1, 1999

(I had to look that up as I was sure I was using it before 2002

)

You weren't using it before 2002 unless you were forging it. ??

It existed only on paper until then. The Euro equivalent was written beside the punt value on various documents but there was no physical currency in circulation. "

I moved back to Ireland in May 1999.The introduction of the Euro as the currency definitely didn't happen until after that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

Until Fidelma came along

Sadly, I lost touch with the rural shenanigans after moving abroad in 1987

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By *rmrs1234Couple
over a year ago

Waterford

Dec 1982. I was born.

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

Until Fidelma came along

Sadly, I lost touch with the rural shenanigans after moving abroad in 1987

Now is the perfect time to watch it all again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

* On 1 November 1980 the Act came into operation by order of the Minister.... then the Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Act 1985 liberalised the law by allowing condoms

...2 dates there

April 24th 1916

April 10th 1998

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

England may have had the royal wedding with Charles and Di... but on the 8th February 1986 we had Dinny & Miley's

Wedding gracing every tv set in the country...

For anyone under 30, the sex tape they made was absolutely filth so best do not Google for it at all, at all

I thought Dinny and Miley were father and son

I'm sure he means Biddy and Miley.

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Ha! Ha!

Dyslexia rears it's funny head!!!!

Priceless!!!!!

Yes, I meant Biddy

who lived around the corner from my home

growing up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"17th June 1996, divorce legalised in the Republic of Ireland. "
yeah and 24years later they still haven't got the process right

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

12th June 1988...

A day in sport when the country went crazy!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

June 25th 1990

"A nation holds it's breath"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"17th June 1996, divorce legalised in the Republic of Ireland. yeah and 24years later they still haven't got the process right

No, but it's still a lot quicker than a crappy marriage!! Those things can go on forever

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

17th Nov 2018 Ireland beat the mighty All Blacks

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

"June 25th 1990

"A nation holds it's breath"

So glad I'm of the age where I could enjoy that and euro 88 in the pubs with mates

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By *s LollyWoman
over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

"June 25th 1990

"A nation holds it's breath"

Up steps David O Leary

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

March 17th, circa 420 AD

Patrick gets rid of all the shhnakes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"June 25th 1990

"A nation holds it's breath"

Up steps David O Leary

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

In 1878 an Irish man showcased the first prototype submarine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"17th June 1996, divorce legalised in the Republic of Ireland. yeah and 24years later they still haven't got the process right

No, but it's still a lot quicker than a crappy marriage!! Those things can go on forever "
you never escape it in Ireland i see its a life sentence no matter what.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"17th June 1996, divorce legalised in the Republic of Ireland. yeah and 24years later they still haven't got the process right

No, but it's still a lot quicker than a crappy marriage!! Those things can go on forever you never escape it in Ireland i see its a life sentence no matter what. "

Rubbish, my ex has re-married and we've both moved on.

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By *easingTim OP Man
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

1941 Pádraig Judas O'Leprosy

and Rodraig Spartacus O'Leprosy

were born. The exact date of birth remains unknown but the impact they have left on this country will last for many generations...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

July 19th. Galway was liberated from Indians

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

25th April 1985, Dennis Taylor beat the Steve ‘the Nugget’ Davis and became world snooker champion.

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By *iscuits8Man
over a year ago

Meath / Dublin / Birmingham

"July 19th. Galway was liberated from Indians"

Marathon becomes Snickers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"July 19th. Galway was liberated from Indians

Marathon becomes Snickers"

There it is Ted... The Ice Age ended.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dec 1982. I was born.

You beat me to it!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Decimalisation: 15th Feb 1971

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"17th Nov 2018 Ireland beat the mighty All Blacks

YES! It was like the whole country winning the All-Ireland at once. A moment and a night I'll always remember and cherish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

28 December 1918: Constance Markievicz is elected as the first female ever to the House of Commons.

She goes on to be Ireland's first female Minister and the second in Europe to hold a cabinet position.

I genuinely and firmly believe that her drive, independence and ambition lives with every Irish woman and this is a result of the advanced (for its time) approach that Brehon Law had on our attitude to gender in this fine country.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, she was an amazing woman. She helped ensure that Winston Churchill was defeated in a by-election in the UK.

Lissadell House outside Sligo is well worth a visit as there are some fascinating archives, photo's and the whole history of the Lady's life.

Ireland had to wait until 1979 before another female minister was ever appointed - Marie Geoghan Quinn

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