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Events during the year 1976 in Northern Ireland .
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.
17 March - Hillcrest Bar bombing : 4 catholics are killed and a further 50 injured in Hillcrest, Dungannon , Tyrone , Northern Ireland when a car bomb by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) goes off outside a crowded pub on Saint Patrick's Day . The attack is one of the many attributed to the Glenanne gang .
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 .[ 1]
14 August - 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland .
14 September - Kieran Nugent is first IRA man to be admitted to the Maze Prison without Special Category Status. He becomes the first blanketman.[ 2]
November - The Provisional Irish Republican Army restructures on cellular lines.[ 3]
10 December - Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan win the Nobel Peace Prize .[ 4]
Ruth Patterson becomes the first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland .[ 5] Arts and literature [ edit ] Winners: Crusaders Winners: Carrick Rangers 2 - 1 Linfield 
