1993 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1993 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• President: Mary Robinson
• Taoiseach: Albert Reynolds (FF)

Events

• 8–17 January – Braer Storm of January 1993 in the North Atlantic.
• 12 January – Albert Reynolds was elected Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann. A Fianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition government came to power.
• 10 March – The Gaelic Athletic Association received planning permission for the redevelopment of Croke Park.
• 25 March – Castlerock killings – Four Catholics were shot dead by the Ulster Defence Association as they arrived for work in Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
• 1 June – Mother Teresa met President Mary Robinson at Áras an Uachtaráin.
• 24 June – Dáil Éireann passed a bill to decriminalise homosexual acts.
• 15 July – The Beef Tribunal ended after 226 days.
• September – The sale of land beside a Dublin convent and the consequent exhumation of at least 133 former residents of a Magdalene asylum from unmarked graves brought the existence of these institutions to wide public attention.^[1][2]
• 23 October – Shankill Road bombing – Ten people were killed when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded at a fish shop on the Shankill Road in Belfast.
• 30 October – Greysteel massacre – The Ulster Defence Association shot 21 people in the Rising Sun Bar in Greysteel, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during a Hallowe'en party. They chose the pub as it was in a Catholic area.
• December – Brú na Bóinne became the first UNESCO World Heritage Site designated in the Republic.
• 15 December – Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and British Prime Minister John Major issued their joint Downing Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland.^[3]
• 25 December – Elizabeth II spoke of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech.
• 29 December – The IRA announced it would fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

• 15 May – Niamh Kavanagh won the Eurovision Song Contest (staged at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, County Cork) for Ireland with In Your Eyes, the second of three consecutive Irish wins.
• 6 August – The television film, The Snapper, was released.
• 26-7 August – The band, U2, played two concerts at the RDS Showgrounds.^[4]
• 11 November – The final Jacob's Award ceremony took place in Dublin.
• 16 December – The world première of the film In the Name of the Father was held at the Savoy Cinema in Dublin.
• Roddy Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize for his novel, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
• John Banville's novel, Ghosts, was published.
• The Irish Film Board was re-established as a funding body under the Chairmanship of Lelia Doolan.

Sport

Athletics

• Runner Marcus O'Sullivan won the world indoor 1,500-metre championship for the third time, in Toronto.

Gaelic football

• Derry GAA beat Cork GAA 1–14 to 2–8 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time.

Golf

• The Irish Open was won by Nick Faldo (England).

Hurling

• Kilkenny GAA beat Galway GAA 2–17 to 1–15 to win their second consecutive All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Mountaineering

• Pat Falvey and Dawson Stelfox became the first Irish people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.^[5]

Association football

• Shelbourne defeated Dundalk 1–0 at Lansdowne Road to win the FAI Cup.
• Alan McLoughlin scored as Ireland drew 1–1 with Northern Ireland to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.
• They also went 6th in the world to be their lowest Fifa ranking up to date.

Births

• 5 August – Patrick McBrearty, Donegal Gaelic football superstar
• 13 September – Niall Horan, a member of boy band One Direction

Deaths

• 14 January – Jeremiah F. Dempsey, Chief Executive of Aer Lingus.
• 5 February – Seán Flanagan, Gaelic footballer, captain of winning Mayo All Ireland football teams in 1950s, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1922).
• 11 February – Brian Inglis, journalist, historian and television presenter (born 1916).
• 15 February – Peter Kavanagh, soccer player (born 1910).
• 23 March – Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon (born 1911).
• April – Denis Hegarty, public servant.
• 3 May – Sir Patrick Macrory, barrister and military historian (born 1911).
• 5 May – Dermot Boyle, Marshal of the Royal Air Force (born 1904).
• 29 June – Patrick Lindsay, Fine Gael TD and lawyer (born 1914).
• 28 July – Stanley Woods, motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10 Isle of Man TT wins (born 1903).
• 14 September – Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (born 1924).
• 7 October – Cyril Cusack, actor (born 1910).
• 28 November – Joe Kelly, motor racing driver (born 1913).
• 1 November – Maeve Brennan, short story writer and journalist (born 1917).
• 15 November – Jimmy McAlinden, soccer player and manager (born 1917).
• 29 December – Marie Kean, actress (born 1918).

References

1. O'Loughlin, Edward (8 September 1993). "Funeral ceremony sought for 'Magdalens'". The Irish Times. p. 4.
2. Ryan, Carol (25 May 2011). "Irish Church's Forgotten Victims Take Case to U.N.". The New York Times.
3. "1993: Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace". On This Day. BBC News. 15 December 1993. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
4. U2's ZOO TV 4th leg: Zooropa U2gigs.com. Retrieved: 2013-07-19.
5. Siggins, Lorina (27 May 2010). "Latest climbs bring Irish Everest ascents to 19". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2010-12-20.