Fri, 28 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Jan 8: A snowstorm hits the country in the worse freeze in decades.
Jan 16: Britain and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations, ending the rift that began when King Henry VIII broke with Roman Catholicism in 1532.
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CourtsState Archives Day 1Place: GdanskPlace: HamaPlace: Tallaght, Co DublinPlace: BritainPlace: USPlace: Falkland IslandsPlace: ArgentinePlace: Great BritainPlace: Dublin BayPlace: DublinPlace: Fatima, PortugalPlace: East Falkland IslandPlace: Dublin WestPlace: WestminsterPerson: King Henry VIIIPerson: Charlie McCreevyPerson: Charles HaugheyPerson: Charles SelfPerson: President Patrick HilleryPerson: HaugheyPerson: Hafez al-AssadPerson: Vivion De ValeraPerson: Pat O’ConnorPerson: Garda Patrick ReynoldsPerson: Tony GregoryPerson: Des O’MalleyPerson: O’MalleyPerson: Bill LoughnanePerson: Jack LynchPerson: LynchPerson: Gerard TuitePerson: GregoryPerson: George ColleyPerson: Dick BurkePerson: prime ministerPerson: Margaret ThatcherPerson: James PriorPerson: Síle de ValeraPerson: Defence MinisterPerson: Paddy PowerPerson: Bruce ArnoldPerson: Juan Fernandez KrohnPerson: Pope John Paul IIPerson: Eileen LemassPerson: Liam SkellyPerson: Tony MarlowEvent: Falkland’s WarEvent: Falklands conflictOrganisation: BritainOrganisation: VaticanOrganisation: Roman CatholicismOrganisation: Fianna FáilOrganisation: RTÉOrganisation: DáilOrganisation: SyrianOrganisation: Muslim BrotherhoodOrganisation: DeLorean Car CompanyOrganisation: The Irish PressOrganisation: Fine GaelOrganisation: IrelandOrganisation: ScotlandOrganisation: Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting CountriesOrganisation: EECOrganisation: ArgentineOrganisation: UNOrganisation: ArgentinaOrganisation: BritishOrganisation: GovernmentOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: Workers’ PartyOrganisation: PRSI