arrested. Twenty people died in riots that followed, including eleven in the Ballymurphy Massacre. 12 August – British troops began clearing operations in Belfast following the worst rioting in years. Taoiseach Jack Lynch called for an end to the Stormont administration. 7 September – The death toll in The Troubles reached 100 after three years of violence, with the death of 14-year-old Annette McGavigan, who was killed by a gunshot during crossfire between British soldiers and the IRA. 25 September – A rally took place in Dublin in support of a campaign of civil disobedience in Northern Ireland. 27 September – Prime ministers Edward Heath, Jack Lynch, and Brian Faulkner met at Chequers to discuss the Northern Ireland situation. 13 October – The British Army began to destroy roads between Ireland and Northern Ireland as a security measure. 23 October – Two women were shot dead by soldiers in Belfast when their car failed to stop at a checkpoint. 31 October – The Standard Time (Amendment) Act, 1971 reversed the main provision of the Standard Time Act 1968, returning Irish winter time to UTC+0 (Western European Time). 10 November – The Government defeated a motion of no confidence in Jim Gibbons. 17 November – Neil Blaney and Paudge Brennan were expelled from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party. 4 December – The McGurk's Bar bombing, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force in Belfast, killed 15 people, the highest death toll from a single incident in the city during The Troubles. Undated – Units 1 and 2 of Poolbeg Generating Station in Dublin were completed. Arts and literature 27 September – Satirical television series Hall's Pictorial Weekly was first broadcast on RTÉ. Playwrights John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy settled in County Galway. John Banville's novel Nightspawn was published. Thomas Kilroy's novel The Big Chapel was published. Seán Ó Ríordáin's poetry collection Línte Liombó was published. Francis Stuart's autobiographical novel Black List, Section H was published. Sports All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Offaly 1–14 Galway 2–8 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Tipperary 5–17 Kilkenny 5–14 Births 19 January Charlie Carter, Kilkenny hurler. John Troy, Offaly hurler. 20 January – Ger McDonnell, mountaineer and engineer (d. 2008). 31 January – Mark Geary, folk singer-songwriter. 3 March – Stephen J. Martin, comic fiction writer. 4 March – Fergal Lawler, rock drummer with The Cranberries. 12 March – Conrad Gallagher, chef. 6 April – Derek Tracey, association