1999 in Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Gaelic football 3.2 Golf 3.3 Hurling 3.4 Soccer 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 January to June 5.2 July to December 5.3 Full date unknown

[edit] Events

• January 4 - The Euro makes its debut on European financial markets.
• January 13 - Derek Hill becomes the eleventh honorary citizen of Ireland.
• February 5 - New legislation changes the name of the RSI No to the Personal Public Service Number and expands its use.
• March 31 - The Irish Land Commission is dissolved.
• May 21 - Gay Byrne hosts his last Late Late Show after 37 years.
• May 22 - The electorate of the entire island of Ireland go to the polls to vote on the Good Friday Agreement.
• May 23 - People North and South give their overwhelming support to the Good Friday Agreement.
• August 11 - Ireland joins the world and watches the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
• August 28 - 80,000 fans see the Robbie Williams concert at Slane Castle, County Meath.
• October 12 - Peter Mandelson arrives in Belfast as the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• October 20 - President McAleese leads tributes to the former Taoiseach Jack Lynch who died aged 82.
• November 29 - Ten designated ministers are appointed to the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.
• December 2 - The Irish Government ratifies changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Direct rule from Westminster in Northern Ireland ends.
• December 13 - The first meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council takes place in Armagh.
• December 31 - The last sunset of the millennium occurs at 4.41 p.m. at Dursey Head in west Cork^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Arts and literature

• November 1 - Sligo boyband, Westlife released their first album. To date, they are the only artist to have 7 singles straight at UK number one.

[edit] Sport

[edit] Gaelic football

• Meath GAA beat Cork GAA 1-11 to 1-8 to win their second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in four years.

[edit] Golf

• Murphy's Irish Open is won by Sergio García (Spain).

[edit] Hurling

• Cork GAA beat Kilkenny GAA 0-13 to 0-12 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1990.

[edit] Soccer

• St Patrick's Athletic win the Football League of Ireland for the 3rd time in 4 years.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• 15 January - Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (b.1919).
• 28 January - Markey Robinson, artist (b.1918).
• 8 February - Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (b.1919).
• 22 February - Pat Upton, Irish Labour Party TD (b.1944).
• 25 April - William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (b.1904).
• 25 April - Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist, author, sports official and sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (b.1914).
• 19 May - Victor Bewley.
• 23 May - Cathal Gannon, harpsichord maker and fortepiano restorer (b.1910).
• 15 June - Fred Tiedt, boxer (b.1935).

[edit] July to December

• 17 July - Donal McCann, actor (b.1943).
• 27 July - Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic priest and author (b.1921).
• 21 August - Noel Larmour, cricketer and diplomat (b.1916).
• 21 August - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (b.1902).
• 24 August - Eithne Strong, poet.
• 13 October - Michael Hartnett, poet (b.1941).
• 15 October - Josef Locke, tenor (b.1917).
• 20 October - Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil (b.1917).
• October - Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (b.1912).
• 14 November - Brian Ó Cuív, son-in-law of Eamon de Valera, Celtic scholar and author.
• 29 November - Michael O'Halloran, politician in the UK (b.1933).
• 30 December - Tom Aherne, soccer player (b.1919).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Manliff Barrington, motorcycle racer (b.1910).