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==Events== *5 January - Kingsmill massacre: ten Protestant men killed in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), using the cover name "South Armagh Republican Action Force". *1 March - Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status for those sentenced for crimes relating to the civil violence in Northern Ireland. *4 March - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament. *12 March - Lenny Murphy, leader of the Shankill Butchers, is arrested, but his gang continue to murder. *15 July - Four prisoners escape when bombs explode in the Special Criminal Court, Dublin. *21 July - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, UK ambassador, and a civil servant, Judith Cooke, are killed by a landmine at Sandyford, Co. Dublin. *10 August - Three children die when are hit by a car whose driver, an IRA fugitive named Danny Lennon, is fatally shot by British troops. A witness, Betty Williams, is inspired to set up ''Women for Peace''. *14 August - 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland. *14 September - Ciaran Nugent is first IRA man to be admitted to the Maze Prison without Special Category Status. He becomes the first blanketman. *November - The Provisional Irish Republican Army restructures on cellular lines. *10 December - Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize.〔(The Nobel Peace Prize 1976 )〕 *Ruth Patterson becomes the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1976 in Northern Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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