1983 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1983.

Events

 * 10 January – Satirical television programme Ballymagash premieres on RTÉ Television hosted by Frank Kelly.
 * 11 September – The rural drama series Glenroe is first aired on RTÉ Television.
 * 2 October – Murphy's Micro-Quiz-M is first aired. It is a quiz show which features the use of computers.
 * 27 October – The International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences of the United States presents Salute to Irish Television, an evening of RTÉ Television programmes, at the Lincoln Center in New York City.
 * 29 October – The Late Late Show is broadcast live from New York.
 * 24 November – Access Community Television, a series of programmes made by groups such as seminarians, young travellers and Garda trainees first goes on air.

RTÉ 1

 * 6 January – / The Irish R.M. (1983–1985)
 * 10 January – Ballymagash (1983)
 * 10 January – 🇦🇺/ The Coral Island (1983)
 * 11 January – Andy Robson (1982–1993)
 * 17 January – 🇺🇸 The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–1980)
 * 14 March – Into the Labyrinth (1981–1982)
 * 26 May – Under the Mountain (1981)
 * 21 July – 🇦🇺 Come Midnight Monday (1982)
 * 11 September – Glenroe (1983–2001)
 * 1 November – 🇺🇸 Pandamonium (1982)
 * 9 November – 🇦🇺 The Nargun and the Stars (1981)
 * Undated – Caught in a Free State (1983)
 * Undated – 🇺🇸 The A-Team (1982–1987)

RTÉ 2

 * 15 April – Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
 * 21 April – Breakpoint (1982)
 * 16 November – 🇺🇸 Manimal (1983)

1960s

 * RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
 * RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
 * The Late Late Show (1962–present)

1970s

 * Sports Stadium (1973–1997)
 * Trom agus Éadrom (1975–1985)
 * The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
 * RTÉ News on Two (1978–2014)
 * Bosco (1979–1996)
 * The Sunday Game (1979–present)

1980s

 * Today Tonight (1982–1992)
 * Mailbag (1982–1996)

Ending this year

 * 28 March – Ballymagash (1983)
 * Unknown - Caught in a Free State (1983)

Births

 * 19 June – Aidan Turner, actor