1977 in Northern Ireland

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Events during the year 1977 in Northern Ireland.

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The overt British Army lead in security policy is scaled back in favour of police primacy during the year.^[1]
29 May - A massive peace rally takes place in Belfast organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad Corrigan and Ciarán McKeown.
May - Shankill Butchers are arrested.^[2]
10 August - Elizabeth II visits Northern Ireland as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations under tight security.
September - Rev. Ian Paisley launches the Save Ulster from Sodomy campaign to oppose the decriminalisation of homosexuality.^[3]
10 October - The Peace Movement founders, Mairéad Corrigan and Betty Williams win the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Winners: Glentoran

Winners: Coleraine 4 - 1 Linfield

4 January - Tim Wheeler, singer-songwriter and guitarist.
7 January - Tomm Moore, twice Oscar nominated animator and film maker.
10 January - Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Féin leader.
10 March - Colin Murray, radio DJ.
16 July - Bryan Budd, Parachute Regiment Corporal, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (killed on active service 2006 in Afghanistan).
10 August - Danny Griffin, footballer.
23 August - Davy Larmour, footballer.
11 September - Enda Muldoon, Gaelic footballer.
15 October - Paul McKee, sprint athlete.
6 December - Paul McVeigh, footballer.
16 December - Darren Fitzgerald, footballer.

^ Edwards, Aaron (2011). The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969-2007. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-525-0.
^ "A Chronology of the Conflict - 1979". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ "Paisley campaigns to 'save Ulster from Sodomy'". The Irish Times. 20 October 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 2008-05-07.