25 February – A partial
eclipse of the sun (
magnitude 0.708)
darkened the sky across Ireland. In
Dublin, the event lasted two hours and seven minutes. It began at 9.35am; the maximum was at 10.37am when 70.8% of the sun's disc was covered by the moon; and it ended at 11.42am.[2]
6 March
Crowds assembled at
Dublin Airport to witness the first flight of a
Boeing 747 aircraft in Ireland when
Aer Lingus took delivery of its first Jumbo Jet, the Saint Columcille (registration number EI-ASI), which arrived from
New York.[3][4]
17 March – The giant Jumbo Jet recently arrived in Ireland flew over the
Saint Patrick's Day parade along
O'Connell Street, Dublin, escorted by four smaller aircraft.
9 August –
Internment without trial was introduced in Northern Ireland. Over 300
republicans were arrested in pre-dawn raids by British security forces and interned in
Long Kesh prison. Some
Loyalists were later arrested. Twenty people died in riots that followed, including eleven in the
Ballymurphy Massacre.[9]
7 September – The death toll in
The Troubles reached 100 after three years of violence, with the death of 14-year-old
Annette McGavigan, who was killed by a gunshot during crossfire between British soldiers and the IRA.
25 September – A rally took place in Dublin in support of a campaign of
civil disobedience in Northern Ireland.
^Supplementary Estimates, 1971-72. - Vote 41: Transport and Power Houses of the Oireachtas, 1971-11-25. "The company took delivery of two Boeing 747s (Jumbos) in March, 1971, and they went into service in April and May. The Aerlínte fleet now consists of 6 Boeing 707-320s and 2 Boeing 747s."
^Aer Lingus On Its Own Flight International, 1971-03-25. "A SECOND 747 will be delivered to Aer Lingus-Irish within the next two weeks to join the first which arrived in Dublin on March 6."
25 February – A partial
eclipse of the sun (
magnitude 0.708)
darkened the sky across Ireland. In
Dublin, the event lasted two hours and seven minutes. It began at 9.35am; the maximum was at 10.37am when 70.8% of the sun's disc was covered by the moon; and it ended at 11.42am.[2]
6 March
Crowds assembled at
Dublin Airport to witness the first flight of a
Boeing 747 aircraft in Ireland when
Aer Lingus took delivery of its first Jumbo Jet, the Saint Columcille (registration number EI-ASI), which arrived from
New York.[3][4]
17 March – The giant Jumbo Jet recently arrived in Ireland flew over the
Saint Patrick's Day parade along
O'Connell Street, Dublin, escorted by four smaller aircraft.
9 August –
Internment without trial was introduced in Northern Ireland. Over 300
republicans were arrested in pre-dawn raids by British security forces and interned in
Long Kesh prison. Some
Loyalists were later arrested. Twenty people died in riots that followed, including eleven in the
Ballymurphy Massacre.[9]
7 September – The death toll in
The Troubles reached 100 after three years of violence, with the death of 14-year-old
Annette McGavigan, who was killed by a gunshot during crossfire between British soldiers and the IRA.
25 September – A rally took place in Dublin in support of a campaign of
civil disobedience in Northern Ireland.
^Supplementary Estimates, 1971-72. - Vote 41: Transport and Power Houses of the Oireachtas, 1971-11-25. "The company took delivery of two Boeing 747s (Jumbos) in March, 1971, and they went into service in April and May. The Aerlínte fleet now consists of 6 Boeing 707-320s and 2 Boeing 747s."
^Aer Lingus On Its Own Flight International, 1971-03-25. "A SECOND 747 will be delivered to Aer Lingus-Irish within the next two weeks to join the first which arrived in Dublin on March 6."