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Name a random year and what you remember it by.

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    castletownman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,014 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    1996. Wexford won the All-Ireland. Literally a point of reference for everyone I know from the county.

    'And we dancing at the crossroads....'


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    1111 - Synod of Bishops.

    Because it's an easy date to remember.


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    #34
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    2001 - Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox Lewis.


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    #35
    Randle P. McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Randle P. McMurphy


    1963 - Seeing my granny cry as we watched news coverage of the JFK assassination. She revered him like a Saint. She once told me he went to confession every morning. Little did she know :pac:


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    #36
    GeorgeSmt
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭GeorgeSmt


    2006 - amazing football world cup


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    #37
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    The summer of 2012... when life turned upside down.


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    #38
    soap1978
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭soap1978


    1999 the year man utd won the treple


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    #39
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    1995 - Leaving Certificate and a boiling hot summer with drought conditions.

    I remember going into work one morning in the summer of '95, it was around 8.30 AM and it was 32c in Dublin .... mad .... great summer ... I was 17 and got drunk for the first time :)


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    #40
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    1990


    Got my first blow job


    (Thanks Alison)


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    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,420 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    I know it may sound random but anytime I think of 2004 I instantly think about October/November 2004. Which is the greatest month in video gaming history.
    All these were released:

    - halo 2
    - half life 2
    - mgs3
    - gta Andreas.
    - jak 3
    - nintendo ds

    Still has nothing on 1997! :D


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    #42
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,109 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    1979. Saw Abba in concert.


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    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    spurious wrote: »
    1979. Saw Abba in concert.

    Mamma Mia !






    ...I'll get my coat


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    Schwiiing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    2005. Her name was Karina.


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    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Summer 1990 for me, was doing the Inter Cert but none of us gave a fook about that the whole country was caught up in World Cup fever.


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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Late 1991: I’d just moved to Earl’s Court in London, found out that Freddie Mercury lived nearby, and then he died shortly afterwards. The area was mobbed by Queen fans.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,077 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    2009

    Met my current partner
    The Great Flood
    Bitterly cold and icy winter


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    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,285 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    1999 and a day in Barcelona


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    #49
    Plasandrunt
    Registered Users Posts: 858 ✭✭✭Plasandrunt


    2005, The greatest victory in Istanbul late in May


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    #50
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    2001 = 3/11. Ever wonder why that wasn't investigated


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    #51
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    1995 - Scorching hot summer, good music.

    2009 - post crash, myself and the missus out of work and wondering if we'd be able to keep the house (we did).


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    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    1998 ,most significant year for me


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    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    1998 ,most significant year for me

    Is that when you starting to rebuild that desolate Australian wasteland?


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    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Is that when you starting to rebuild that desolate Australian wasteland?

    No, the year i slayed the toe cutter


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    joeguevara
    Registered Users Posts: 7,993 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    `1988 - Had pretty cool 50ps and oh yeah something about a Milllenium. Also all them English fans with their Union Jacks for victory they were set, until they got the ball and stuck it in the net.


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    DellyBelly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    2020

    Liverpool win the league for the 1st time in 30 years

    And probably the biggest story of the year at this stage - coronavirus


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    #57
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,184 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    2000 the death of Brian Murphy at Club Anabel.
    2001 Foot and Mouth
    2002 Plastic Bag Charge
    2003 Sars
    2004 Smoking ban
    2005 Ireland speed limits change to KM per hour.
    2006 Zinedine Zidane infamous head butt.
    2007 Madeline Mccan Goes missing.
    2008 Pork Crisis.
    2009 Michael Jackson dies.
    2010 Donegal crash kills ten.
    2011 Dundrum town center is one of the places effected by flooding in October.


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    joeguevara
    Registered Users Posts: 7,993 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    2000 the death of Brian Murphy at Club Anabel.
    2001 Foot and Mouth
    2002 Plastic Bag Charge
    2003 Sars
    2004 Smoking ban
    2005 Ireland speed limits change to KM per hour.
    2006 Zinedine Zidane infamous head butt.
    2007 Madeline Mccan Goes missing.
    2008 Pork Crisis.
    2009 Michael Jackson dies.
    2010 Donegal crash kills ten.
    2011 Dundrum town center is one of the places effected by flooding in October.

    I’m glad you have such fond memories.


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    vikings2012
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭vikings2012


    2000 - family member passed away
    2002 - the euro came to Ireland
    2008 - Anglo Irish and bond holders
    2010 - Snow
    2012 - London Olympics
    2013 - Nelson Mandela died
    2019 - best year !
    2020 - the lockdown
    2021 - Leo Varadkar retires from politics
    2022 - was glad to see vaccination and could finally travel to Asia!
    2023 - Mayo wins Sam
    2025 - Passing of legislation to legalize euthanasia
    2027 - vote for a united ireland passes by 61%
    2032 - first female president of USA


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