1944
BORN
David Norris was born 31 July 1944 in Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo, now known as Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his father (John Norris) worked as chief engineer for Lever Brothers.
1945
MOVES TO IRELAND
John Norris served in the British Armed Forces during World War I and World War II; he died while Norris was still a child. David Norris was then sent to Ireland to be cared for by his mother, Aida Fitzpatrick.
1960 — 1962
ANDREWS COLLEGE
St Andrew's College is a co-educational, inter-denominational, international Independent day school, founded in 1894 by members of the Presbyterian community, and now located in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The school colours are blue and white.
1964
TRINITY COLLEGE
Trinity College is a university in Dublin, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I of England, on the site of an old Augustinian monastery.
1965
FOUNDATION SCHOLAR
Norris obteve o degree of BA in English Literature and Language, where he was elected a Foundation Scholar
1968
EDITOR ICARUS
Icarus is a scientific dissemination magazine dedicated to the field of planetary science. Its owner and initial editor was Academic Press.
1968
JOINED CAMPAIGN FOR HOMOSEXUAL EQUALITY
Based in Manchester, David was their only Irish Member. He used the cunning pseudonym of Alfred J O'Neil in early contacts to avoid blackmail.
1968
BEGAN LECTURING AT TRINITY
Norris remained at Trinity as a lecturer and college tutor between 1968 and 1996.
1970
Although set-up to show solidarity with the oppressed Catholics of Northern Ireland, it was the first Irish Organisation to include Homosexual Law Reform on its agenda.
1973
SYMPOSIUM ON HOMOSEXUALITY
1974
FIRST GAY PRIDE MARCH
1974
IRISH GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT STARTS
1974
LAST HOUSE
First Interview on Irish Television with an openly gay person.
1979
OPENING OF THE HIRSHFIELD CENTRE
Full-time Community Centre; part-time Cinema and Disco...
1982
JOYCE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
David in his role as Chairman, with authors Anthony Cronin & Anthony Burgess, examining a first edition of Joyce's "Ulysses".
1983
LOST CASE CRIMINALISING HOMOSEXUALITY IN SUPREME COURT
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
1987
ELECTED TO SEANAD
1988
VICTORY!
European Court rules that the law criminalising same sex activities was contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, in particular Article 8 which protects the right to respect for private life. The law was held to infringe on the right of adults to engage in acts of their own choice
1990
1 MAN SHOW
1991
JOYCE FOR BEGINNERS IS PUBLISHED
David's introduction to Joyce's work. Taking you step by step from the early stories to the mythic dreamworld of Finnegans Wake and Ulysses.
1993
DECRIMINALISATION
Award winning Documentary outlining the struggle to gain acceptance from 1973 to 1993
1994
LEFT TRINITY TO CONCENTRATE ON SEANAD
1996
JOYCE IN THE HIBERNIAN METROPOLIS : ESSAYS
David co-edited this collection of essays from the Joyce symposium with Morris Beja
2007
LORD MAYORS AWARD
2007
DONATES PAPERS TO NATIONAL LIBRARY
2009
MARSHALL OF DUBLIN PRIDE
2011
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
2012
INTRODUCING JOYCE: A GRAPHIC GUIDE
With illustrator Carl Flint, David explodes the myth of his "difficulty" exploring his life and work in this unique book.
