That’s Ireland

Here are ten more great Irish bans and condemnations of the 20th century. As before, do you know in what year each of them took place?

• Cork students banned from dancing ragtime or one-step
• Limerick mob seize and burn reels of ‘Juno and the Paycock’
• Thurles schoolboys march against blue-shirted classmates
• GAA drops Douglas Hyde as Patron for attending soccer
• Aer Lingus bans air hostesses after seven years service
• Bishop of Clonfert condemns woman with no nightie
• Catholic Bishops lift ban on their flock attending TCD
• Courts ban Boomtown Rats concert at Leopardstown
• Ban on divorce is lifted after second referendum is passed
• Swiss Sports Council upholds ban on Michelle de Bruin

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• Cork students banned from dancing ragtime or one-step - 1921
• Limerick mob seize and burn reels of ‘Juno and the Paycock’ - 1930
• Thurles schoolboys march against blue-shirted classmates - 1934
• GAA drops Douglas Hyde as Patron for attending soccer - 1939
• Aer Lingus bans air hostesses after seven years service - 1955
• Bishop of Clonfert condemns woman with no nightie - 1966
• Catholic Bishops lift ban on their flock attending TCD - 1970
• Courts ban Boomtown Rats concert at Leopardstown - 1980
• Ban on divorce is lifted after second referendum is passed - 1997
• Swiss Sports Council upholds ban on Michelle de Bruin - 1999