1994 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- April 14 - The Central Bank issues a new £5 note.
- April 30 - Ireland wins the 39th Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
- May 26 - Jack Charlton is awarded the freedom of Dublin City.
- June 6 - Irish D-Day veterans join Allied leaders at a 50th commemorative ceremony on Omaha Beach.
- July 26 - The Minister for Education, Niamh Bhreathnach, pledges the introduction of free third-level education for everyone over the next three years.
- August 31 - The IRA announces a complete cessation of military operations.
- September 1 - Transition Year is introduced mainstream, to secondary schools.
- September 6 - An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, John Hume and Gerry Adams hold an historic meeting at Government Buildings. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea.
- September 30 - An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and members of the government wait at Shannon Airport to greet President Boris Yeltsin. He fails to leave the aircraft to meet them.
- October 13 - Loyalist paramilitary groups announce a ceasefire six weeks after the IRA.
- October 28 - The inaugural session of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation takes place in St. Patricks Hall, Dublin Castle.
- November 16 - The Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition collapses.
- November 17 - Albert Reynolds tenders his resignation as Taoiseach. However, the Dáil is not dissolved.
- November 19 - Bertie Ahern is elected leader of Fianna Fáil.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Athletics
- Eamonn Coghlan becomes the first person in the world over 40 years of age to run a sub-four minute (indoor) mile.
[edit] Gaelic football
- Down GAA beat Dublin GAA 1-12 to 0-13 in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at Croke Park on September 18. It is Down's fifth All-Ireland senior title, and their second in four years.
[edit] Golf
- Murphy's Irish Open is won by Bernhard Langer (Germany).
[edit] Hurling
- Offaly GAA beat Limerick GAA 3-16 to 2-13 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final at Croke Park for the first time since 1985.
[edit] Soccer
- In the World Cup Finals in the United States, the Republic of Ireland the last 16 before losing 2-0 to the Netherlands, but on the way picks up its first World Cup finals win, a 1-0 victory vs. Italy.
[edit] Births
- 12 April - Saoirse Ronan, actress.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 1 January - Raymond Crotty, economist.
- 1 January - Andy McEvoy, soccer player (b.1938).
- 19 February - Micho Russell, tin whistle player and collector of traditional music and folklore (b.1915).
- 23 February - Jackie Power, Limerick hurler and Gaelic footballer (b.1916).
- 6 March - Flann Campbell, educationists and historian.
- 12 May - Alfred Lane Beit, British politician, art collector and philanthropist, honorary Irish citizen (b.1903).
- 13 May - Duncan Hamilton, motor racing driver (b.1920).
- 21 May - Martin Doherty member Provisional Irish Republican Army
- 27 May - M.J. Molloy, playwright.
- 17 June - Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (b.1912).
- 27 June - William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew (b.1905).
[edit] July to December
- 18 July - Davoren Hanna, poet.
- 19 July - Éilis Dillon, author (b.1920).
- 5 August - Gerry O'Sullivan, Labour Party (Ireland) TD, Minister of State and Lord Mayor of Cork (b.1936).
- 18 August - Martin Cahill, Dublin criminal, shot and killed (b.1949).
- 23 September - James Brophy, cricketer (b.1912).
- 6 December - Máire de Paor, archaeologist.
- 20 December - Stephen Coughlan, Irish Labour Party TD and Mayor of Limerick (b.1910).