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March 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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[[2005 in the United Kingdom|2005 in the UK]]<br>
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==[[March 26]], [[2005]]==
* Former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[James Callaghan]] dies on the eve of his 93rd birthday. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4385047.stm (BBC News online)]⏎
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==[[March 21]] [[2005]]==
* In the [[United Kingdom]], [[Manchester]] police questions a man in relation to the murder of [[Desmond Noonan]], suspected [[gangster]], who was stabbed to death. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4366105.stm (BBC)] [http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/151/151843_gang_boss_stabbed_to_death.html (Manchester Online)]
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==[[March 17]] [[2005]]==
*Private [[Johnson Beharry]] is awarded the first [[Victoria Cross]] issued since 1982 for his actions in two attacks in [[Amarah]], [[Iraq]] in May and June 2004 when he saved approx 30 comrades. He spent two weeks in a coma after the second attack. [http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/ophons05/beharry.htm (MOD)]

==[[March 14]] [[2005]]==
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==Past British and Irish events by month==

*[[2005 in the United Kingdom]]: [[January 2005 in Britain and Ireland|January]] [[February 2005 in Britain and Ireland|February]]
*[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''