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Halloween, 1973. The IRA hijacked a helicopter and landed inside Mountjoy Prison, freeing Seamus Twomey, J.B. O'Hagan and Kevin Mallon. They escaped via Baldoyle Racecourse.

This Reeling in the Years clip also features the interception of the Claudia, an IRA arms ship.

In Ardagh, Co Longford, Jim Sweeney believes that when his old fairy tree falls, the last of the Sweeneys will die. Convinced he has less than a week to live if it falls, he spends much of his time propping up its branches, fearing a storm might bring it down.

RTE Archives, 1983.

Halloween, 1977

News report via RTE archives

Buying fireworks on Moore street, 1986
News report via RTE archives

Ireland, 1985. The Courtney family abandon their home in St Matthew's Terrace, which they believed was haunted, and move into a caravan without running water. After hearing strange noises and seeking help from the Church and council, they decide to leave.
RTE News, 14 March 1985.