1993 in Ireland

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Events

• January 12 - Albert Reynolds is elected Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann. A Fianna Fáil-Labour Party coalition government comes to power.
• March 10 - The Gaelic Athletic Association gets planning permission for the redevelopment of Croke Park.
• May 15 - Niamh Kavanagh wins the Eurovision Song Contest (staged at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, County Cork) for Ireland with In Your Eyes.
• June 1 - Mother Teresa meets President Mary Robinson at Áras an Uachtaráin.
• June 24 - Dáil Éireann passes a bill to decriminalise homosexuality.
• July 15 - The Beef Tribunal ends after 226 days.
• December 15 - Albert Reynolds and John Major issue their joint Downing Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland.^[1]
• December 16 - The world premiere of the film In the Name of the Father takes place at the Savoy, Dublin.
• December 25 - Elizabeth II speaks of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech.
• December 29 - The IRA announces it will fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

• 11 November - The final Jacob's Award ceremony takes place in Dublin.
• Roddy Doyle is awarded the Booker Prize for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

Sport

Athletics

• Marcus O'Sullivan wins the world indoor 1500m championship for the third time, at 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

• Carroll's Irish Open is 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.

Soccer

• Shelbourne defeat Dundalk 1-0 at Lansdowne Road to win the FAI Cup.
• Alan McLoughlin scores as Ireland draw 1-1 with Northern Ireland to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA

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 (b.1922).
• 11 February - Brian Inglis, journalist, historian and television presenter (b.1916).
• 15 February - Peter Kavanagh, soccer player (b.1910).
• 23 March - Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon (b.1911).
• April - Denis Hegarty, public servant.
• 3 May - Sir Patrick Macrory, barrister, military historian, and native to Bedford, IA.
• 5 May - Dermot Boyle, Marshal of the Royal Air Force (b.1904).
• 29 June - Patrick Lindsay, Fine Gael TD and lawyer (b.1914).
• 28 July - Stanley Woods, motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10 Isle of Man TT wins (b.1903).
• 14 September - Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (b.1924).
• 7 October - Cyril Cusack, actor (b.1910).
• 28 November - Joe Kelly, motor racing driver (b.1913).
• November - Jimmy McAlinden, soccer player and manager (b.1917).
• 29 December - Marie Kean, actress (b.1918).
• Maeve Brennan, short story writer and journalist (b.1917).

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