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Ireland in 1973

Historical records for Ireland in 1973, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

12Records
11Events
4Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1973European Communities MembershipJack Lynch

Dublin · Government / Government of Ireland

Leads Ireland as membership of the European Communities formally begins.

1 January 1973Ireland Joins European CommunitiesJack Lynch

Dublin · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Heads the government when Ireland becomes a member of the European Communities.

1 January 1973Treaty of AccessionJack Lynch

Dublin · Government / Government of Ireland

Leads Ireland as the accession treaty becomes effective and European Communities membership starts.

March

14 March 1973Taoiseach of IrelandLiam Cosgrave

Dublin · Government / Government of Ireland

Cosgrave forms a Fine Gael-Labour coalition and assumes the office of Taoiseach.

June

24 June 1973Resignation of Eamon de ValeraEamon de Valera

Dublin · Government / Government of Ireland

Resigns as President of Ireland, aged 90

December

9 December 1973Conference of SunningdaleLiam Cosgrave

Sunningdale · Government / Government of Ireland

A communique announces an agreement is issued, which later becomes known as the Sunningdale Agreement

9 December 1973Sunningdale AgreementLiam Cosgrave

Sunningdale · Government / Government of Ireland

A communique announces an agreement is issued, which later becomes known as the Sunningdale Agreement

9 December 1973Sunningdale AgreementLiam Cosgrave

Sunningdale · Government / Government of Ireland

The British and Irish Governments and political leaders from Northern Ireland established a power-sharing or coalition executive for a devolved Northern Irish Government

14 December 1973Copenhagen European SummitLiam Cosgrave

Copenhagen · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Ireland at a Community summit during the country's first year of membership.

Other Events

1973DepartureEric Bell

Arts / Popular Music

Leaves Thin Lizzy after the original trio period, creating a major change in the band's guitar line-up.

1973ElectionLiam Cosgrave

Politics / Fine Gael Party

The general election is won by a coalition of Fine Gael and the smaller Labour Party

1973Vagabonds of the Western WorldEric Bell

Arts / Popular Music

Records Vagabonds of the Western World, his final Thin Lizzy studio album as the band's original guitarist.

Names involved

Eamon de ValeraEric BellJack LynchLiam Cosgrave

Places involved

CopenhagenDublinSunningdale

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.