25 September -
Maze Prison escape: 38 prisoners, using guns, escape from
HM Prison Maze in the largest prison escape in U.K. history; one guard dies of a heart attack and twenty others are injured. Nineteen of the prisoners are apprehended within three days.
15 May - Charabanc Theatre Company's first production, Lay Up Your Ends, written by Martin Lynch with
Marie Jones and other members of the company, is premiered at The Arts Theatre, Belfast.
25 September -
Maze Prison escape: 38 prisoners, using guns, escape from
HM Prison Maze in the largest prison escape in U.K. history; one guard dies of a heart attack and twenty others are injured. Nineteen of the prisoners are apprehended within three days.
15 May - Charabanc Theatre Company's first production, Lay Up Your Ends, written by Martin Lynch with
Marie Jones and other members of the company, is premiered at The Arts Theatre, Belfast.