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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:270px; font-size:100%; border:9px solid #009966; border-radius:18px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left; font-size:88%; background:#f3f3f3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">←</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Ireland" title="2007 in Ireland">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Ireland" title="2006 in Ireland">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Ireland" title="2005 in Ireland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Ireland" title="2004 in Ireland">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Ireland" title="2003 in Ireland">2003</a></li></ul> </div> </td><td style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank_Ireland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Blank_Ireland.svg/80px-Blank_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Blank_Ireland.svg/120px-Blank_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Blank_Ireland.svg/160px-Blank_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="908" data-file-height="1159" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> <td class="summary" style="text-align:center; width:50%; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-size:110%"><a href="/wiki/AD_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 2008">2008</a></span><br /> in<br /> <span class="adr"><span class="country-name location"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:88%; background:#f3f3f3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <p><span style="font-size:120%">→</span> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Ireland" title="2009 in Ireland">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Ireland" title="2010 in Ireland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Ireland" title="2011 in Ireland">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Ireland" title="2012 in Ireland">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Ireland" title="2013 in Ireland">2013</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Centuries:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_19th_century_in_Ireland" title="Category:Years of the 19th century in Ireland">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_20th_century_in_Ireland" title="Category:Years of the 20th century in Ireland">20th</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Years_of_the_21st_century_in_Ireland" title="Category:Years of the 21st century in Ireland">21st</a></b></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">Decades:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1980s_in_Ireland" title="Category:1980s in Ireland">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1990s_in_Ireland" title="Category:1990s in Ireland">1990s</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Category:2000s_in_Ireland" title="Category:2000s in Ireland">2000s</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2010s_in_Ireland" title="Category:2010s in Ireland">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:2020s_in_Ireland" title="Category:2020s in Ireland">2020s</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-size:88%;">See also:</th><td class="infobox-data hlist" style="font-size:88%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Northern_Ireland" title="2008 in Northern Ireland">2008 in Northern Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2008" title="2008">Other events of 2008</a><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Ireland" title="List of years in Ireland">List of years in Ireland</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Events from the year <b>2008 in Ireland</b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents">Incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mary_McAleese" title="Mary McAleese">Mary McAleese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (until 7 May 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (from 7 May 2008)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (until 7 May 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Coughlan_(politician)" title="Mary Coughlan (politician)">Mary Coughlan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (from 7 May 2008)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Finance_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Finance (Ireland)">Minister for Finance</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (until 7 May 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Jnr" title="Brian Lenihan Jnr">Brian Lenihan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a>) (from 7 May 2008)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland" title="Chief Justice of Ireland">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_L._Murray_(judge)" title="John L. Murray (judge)">John L. Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil</a>: <a href="/wiki/30th_D%C3%A1il" title="30th Dáil">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad</a>: <a href="/wiki/23rd_Seanad" title="23rd Seanad">23rd</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 January – The <a href="/wiki/Burlington_Hotel_(Dublin)" title="Burlington Hotel (Dublin)">Burlington Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> closed after 36 years in business with the loss of 400 jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 January – An unforecast blizzard hit the country, leading to the heaviest snowfall in Ireland since December 2000.</li> <li>8 January – <a href="/wiki/Clare_O%27Leary" title="Clare O'Leary">Clare O'Leary</a> became the first Irish woman to reach the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>.</li> <li>9 January – After days of heavy rainfall in the southwest, serious flooding occurred in <a href="/wiki/Fermoy" title="Fermoy">Fermoy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mallow,_County_Cork" title="Mallow, County Cork">Mallow</a> with parts of Mallow under 1.3 metres of water.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13 January – Following months of protest, <a href="/wiki/Aer_Lingus" title="Aer Lingus">Aer Lingus</a> completed its last <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Airport" title="Shannon Airport">Shannon</a> to <a href="/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a> flight.</li> <li>16 January – Wayne O'Donoghue was released from prison after serving three years of a four-year jail term for the manslaughter of Robert Holohan (aged 11) in January 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 January – €4bn was wiped off the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Stock_Exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Stock Exchange">Irish Stock Exchange</a> in the world <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis" title="2007–2008 financial crisis">stock market downturn</a>.</li> <li>23 January – The brother of a <a href="/wiki/Real_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Real Irish Republican Army">Real IRA</a> leader was one of two Irish citizens arrested in <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> on suspicion of buying firearms and explosives for the Real IRA.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 January – The closure of the <a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s" title="Jacob's">Jacob's</a> biscuit plant in <a href="/wiki/Tallaght" title="Tallaght">Tallaght</a>, County Dublin, was announced, with the loss of 220 jobs by March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 January – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Foley" title="Martin Foley">Martin Foley</a> ("The Viper") was shot in Dublin possibly as part of a feud between criminal gangs. It was the fifth failed attempt on Foley's life.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 February – The <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a>, travelled to <a href="/wiki/Ballymena" title="Ballymena">Ballymena</a>, County Antrim to meet the Northern Ireland <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_First_Minister_and_Deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister">First Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Paisley" title="Ian Paisley">Ian Paisley</a>, and open a resort and spa.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 February – Dublin-based gangland criminal, Paddy Doyle, was shot dead in Southern Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 February – <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_%C3%93_Cu%C3%ADv" title="Éamon Ó Cuív">Éamon Ó Cuív</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Children,_Equality,_Disability,_Integration_and_Youth" title="Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth">Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs</a>, announced a €250,000 grant to allow <a href="/wiki/Orange_Institution" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Institution">Orange Lodges</a> to employ a development officer.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13 February – Italian coach <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Trapattoni" title="Giovanni Trapattoni">Giovanni Trapattoni</a> was confirmed as the new manager of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Irish football team</a>.</li> <li>23 February – Two Polish men were attacked with screwdrivers by a gang of teenagers in <a href="/wiki/Drimnagh" title="Drimnagh">Drimnagh</a> in Dublin. Both died later from their injuries.</li> <li>29 February – Ireland became the 22nd nation to <a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo" title="International recognition of Kosovo">recognise Kosovan independence</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 March – A jury found Brian Kearney guilty of the murder of his wife, Siobhán Kearney, at their home in <a href="/wiki/Goatstown" title="Goatstown">Goatstown</a>, Dublin in February 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12 March – <a href="/wiki/Libertas_Institute_(Ireland)" title="Libertas Institute (Ireland)">Libertas</a> lobby group launched a campaign called <i>Facts, not politics</i> which advocated a No vote in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a> <a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill,_2008_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland)">referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 March – The <a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Social_Research_Institute" title="Economic and Social Research Institute">Economic and Social Research Institute</a> predicted that economic growth in Ireland for 2008 will be 1.6%, the lowest level since 1988. It was also forecast that no new jobs will be added to the Irish economy for the first time since 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>26 March – Farmer Michael Hanrahan, 60, and his son Denis Hanrahan, 27, were found shot dead at their home in <a href="/wiki/Moyvane" title="Moyvane">Moyvane</a>, County Kerry.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 April – Bertie Ahern announced that he would resign as Taoiseach on 6 May.</li> <li>8 April – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> was elected as the seventh leader of the <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> party.</li> <li>12 April – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hillery" title="Patrick Hillery">Patrick Hillery</a>, sixth <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">Irish President</a>, former government minister, and <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a>, died aged 84.</li> <li>15 April – The legal case of broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Pat_Kenny" title="Pat Kenny">Pat Kenny</a> and his neighbour, Gerard Charlrton, involving the <a href="/wiki/Adverse_possession" title="Adverse possession">claiming of an area of land</a> near their home, was settled in court. It was decided that Kenny would pay an undisclosed sum of money for the land called Gorse Hill.</li> <li>17 April – <a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Cannon" title="Ciarán Cannon">Ciarán Cannon</a> became the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> party.</li> <li>21 April – It was revealed that four laptop computers belonging to <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Ireland" title="Bank of Ireland">Bank of Ireland</a> and containing personal information of approximately 10,000 customers were stolen between June and October 2007.</li> <li>30 April – Bertie Ahern became the sixth Irish leader to address both houses of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit 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<li>14 May – An excavation was carried out in the <a href="/wiki/Slieve_Bloom_Mountains" title="Slieve Bloom Mountains">Slieve Bloom Mountains</a> for the remains of Fiona Pender, who was missing since 1996, following the discovery of a cross with her name printed on it.</li> <li>20 May – The television puppet <a href="/wiki/Dustin_the_Turkey" title="Dustin the Turkey">Dustin the Turkey</a> failed to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2008" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2008">Eurovision Song Contest 2008</a> after being knocked out at the first semi-finals stage.</li> <li>24 May – Celebrations took place across <a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Munster_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Munster rugby">Munster rugby team</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a> 16–13 in the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Heineken_Cup" title="2007–08 Heineken Cup">2007–08 Heineken Cup</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Wales.</li> <li>30 May – The international <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions" title="Convention on Cluster Munitions">Convention on Cluster Munitions</a> was adopted at the end of a ten-day diplomatic conference in <a href="/wiki/Croke_Park" title="Croke Park">Croke Park</a>, Dublin.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill,_2008_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2008 (Ireland)">Treaty of Lisbon Referendum</a>: <ul><li>12 June – Irish citizens voted on whether to amend the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Irish Constitution</a> in order to <a href="/wiki/Ratification" title="Ratification">ratify</a> the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>-reforming <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon Treaty">Lisbon Treaty</a>.</li> <li>13 June – The result of the Lisbon Treaty vote was 53% voting "No" and 47% voting "Yes" meaning that the proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution and ratification of the Lisbon Treaty were both rejected.</li></ul></li> <li>16 June – <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a>, met with European Union leaders to discuss the future of the Lisbon Treaty.</li> <li>28 June – A syndicate of workers at a concrete products plant in <a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">County Carlow</a> became the winners of Ireland's biggest ever <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(Ireland)" title="National Lottery (Ireland)">national lottery</a> jackpot of €18,963,441.</li> <li>30 June – The law requiring <a href="/wiki/L-plate" class="mw-redirect" title="L-plate">learner drivers</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Driving_licence_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Driving licence in the Republic of Ireland">second provisional licence</a> to be accompanied by a fully qualified driver came into effect.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 July – New <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_tax_(Ireland)" title="Vehicle registration tax (Ireland)">vehicle registration tax</a> rates based on carbon dioxide emissions were introduced.</li> <li>8 July – The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Finance_(Ireland)" title="Department of Finance (Ireland)">Department of Finance</a> announced a €440m spending cutback in the Government budget, including a €144m deduction from the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Ireland)" title="Department of Health (Ireland)">Department of Health and Children</a>.</li> <li>11–13 July – The <a href="/wiki/Oxegen_2008" title="Oxegen 2008">Oxegen 2008</a> music festival took place at <a href="/wiki/Punchestown_Racecourse" title="Punchestown Racecourse">Punchestown Racecourse</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a>.</li> <li>21 July – French President <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> visited Ireland to discuss the future of the Lisbon Treaty with Taoiseach Brian Cowen.</li> <li>28 July – The <a href="/wiki/Ryanair" title="Ryanair">Ryanair</a> airline revealed a loss in profit for the first time since becoming a <a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">public company</a> in 1997.</li> <li>31 July – <a href="/wiki/2008_Irish_flash_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Irish flash floods">Heavy rainfall</a> brought <a href="/wiki/Flash_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash floods">flash floods</a> to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_West" title="Newcastle West">Newcastle West</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">County Limerick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mallow,_County_Cork" title="Mallow, County Cork">Mallow, County Cork</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 to 10 August – <a href="/wiki/Jamboree_2008_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamboree 2008 (Ireland)">Jamboree 2008</a>, an international scouting Jamboree, took place in <a href="/wiki/Punchestown" class="mw-redirect" title="Punchestown">Punchestown</a>, County Dublin.</li> <li>3 August – <a href="/wiki/Ger_McDonnell" title="Ger McDonnell">Ger McDonnell</a> (37), the first Irishman to reach the summit of the <a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a> mountain in Pakistan, was presumed dead after being <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">hit by falling ice upon descent</a>.</li> <li>9 August – <a href="/wiki/Chloe_Magee" title="Chloe Magee">Chloe Magee</a> became the first Irish Olympian to win a <a href="/wiki/Badminton_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles" title="Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles">badminton match</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 August – Flash floods occurred in <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a> due to <a href="/wiki/2008_Irish_flash_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Irish flash floods">record rainfalls</a> of approximately 80 litres per square metre.</li> <li>10 August – Golfer <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a> won the <a href="/wiki/2008_PGA_Championship" title="2008 PGA Championship">US PGA Championship</a>, his third <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championships" title="Men's major golf championships">major</a> win.</li> <li>16 August – A <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> train derailed south of <a href="/wiki/Portarlington,_County_Laois" title="Portarlington, County Laois">Portarlington, County Laois</a>.</li> <li>22 August – <a href="/wiki/2008_Kerry_bogslide" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Kerry bogslide">A bogslide</a> displaced 30,000 people and caused massive ecological and infrastructural damage in <a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">County Kerry</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Early September – The 68-metre <a href="/wiki/The_Elysian" title="The Elysian">Elysian</a> building was completed in <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a> as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland#Tallest_storeyed_buildings" title="List of tallest structures in Ireland">tallest storeyed building in the Republic of Ireland</a>.</li> <li>3 September – Ireland's unemployment rate reached 6.1%, the highest since 1999.</li> <li>7 September – <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_GAA" title="Kilkenny GAA">Kilkenny</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Waterford_GAA" title="Waterford GAA">Waterford</a> 3–30 to 1–13 in the final of the <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008">All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008</a>.</li> <li>19 September – Three people suffered minor injuries following a helicopter crash in a school playground in <a href="/wiki/Bettystown" title="Bettystown">Bettystown</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a>.</li> <li>21 September – The <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_GAA" title="Tyrone GAA">Tyrone</a> football team beat <a href="/wiki/Kerry_GAA" title="Kerry GAA">Kerry</a> 1–15 to 0–14 to be crowned <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008">All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008</a> winners.</li> <li>25 September – It was announced that the Irish economy had officially entered recession in January 2008 for the first time since 1983.</li> <li>30 September – The Government decided during the night to offer a €400 billion guarantee to, initially, six leading Irish banks to prevent their collapse due to the worldwide <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2 October – For the first time in its history since 1922, <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> (the Irish Senate) began debate of a bill after midnight, the <a href="/wiki/Credit_Institutions_(Financial_Support)_Act_2008" title="Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008">Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act 2008</a> which it passed at 8 am.</li> <li>7 October – Amateur astronomer Dave McDonald in <a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a>, County Kildare discovered <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a> (281507) 2008 TM9, only the third <a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">minor planet</a> found by observation from Ireland, the last (<a href="/wiki/9_Metis" title="9 Metis">9 Metis</a>) being found by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Graham_(astronomer)" title="Andrew Graham (astronomer)">Andrew Graham</a> at <a href="/wiki/Markree_Observatory" title="Markree Observatory">Markree Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">County Sligo</a> on 25 April 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>14 October – Minister for Finance <a href="/wiki/Brian_Lenihan_Jnr" title="Brian Lenihan Jnr">Brian Lenihan</a> unveiled <a href="/wiki/2009_Irish_emergency_budget" title="2009 Irish emergency budget">Budget 2009</a>, the toughest government budget in recent years and also the most controversial. He announced that the automatic entitlement of over-70s pensioners to a medical card, entitling them to free medical care, would be withdrawn, all workers would be exposed to a 1% income level,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (December 2013)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and an increase in college fees would come into effect.</li> <li>21 October – Following country-wide outrage, Taoiseach Brian Cowen increased the higher income thresholds for the elderly that would allow 95% of those over 70 to retain their full medical cards.</li> <li>22 October – Over <a href="/wiki/2009_Irish_budget" title="2009 Irish budget">25,000 old age pensioners and angry students marched</a> on <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> to protest at their treatment in the <a href="/wiki/Government_budget" title="Government budget">government budget</a>.</li> <li>25 October – Two adults and two teenagers from <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, England were killed in a plane crash in the <a href="/wiki/Wicklow_Mountains" title="Wicklow Mountains">Wicklow Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>6 November – €750 million worth of cocaine was seized off the Irish coast in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Seabight" title="Operation Seabight">Operation Seabight</a>.</li> <li>8 November – Rugby player <a href="/wiki/Shane_Geoghegan" class="mw-redirect" title="Shane Geoghegan">Shane Geoghegan</a> was shot dead outside his home in <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> in a case of mistaken identity. The murder led to a nationwide appeal to the end of gangland killing in Ireland.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>6 December – <a href="/wiki/2008_Irish_pork_crisis" title="2008 Irish pork crisis">2008 Irish pork crisis</a>: All Irish pork products were recalled following an announcement that <a href="/wiki/Compound_feed" class="mw-redirect" title="Compound feed">animal feed</a> used since 1 September might contain between 80 and 200 more times <a href="/wiki/Dioxins_and_dioxin-like_compounds" title="Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds">dioxins</a> than the recognised safety limit.</li> <li>11 December – Irish pork was confirmed to be safe and began to return to the market.</li> <li>15 December – <a href="/wiki/Celine_Cawley" title="Celine Cawley">Celine Cawley</a>, founder and manager of the advertising agency Toytown Films and a former <a href="/wiki/Bond_girl" title="Bond girl">Bond girl</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/A_View_to_a_Kill" title="A View to a Kill">A View to a Kill</a>)</i>, was found murdered at her home in <a href="/wiki/Howth" title="Howth">Howth</a>, Dublin.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 December – <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> <a href="/wiki/Sean_Sherlock" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Sherlock">Sean Sherlock</a> called on <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cloyne" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne">Bishop of Cloyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Magee_(bishop)" title="John Magee (bishop)">John Magee</a> to resign after a report on child sexual abuse by clergy in his diocese found the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> had not responded appropriately to abuse allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>31 December – Three teenagers in <a href="/wiki/Nenagh" title="Nenagh">Nenagh</a>, County Tipperary became the final Irish road traffic accident victims of 2008, a year which ended with the fewest traffic deaths since records began, according to Transport Minister <a href="/wiki/Noel_Dempsey" title="Noel Dempsey">Noel Dempsey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year_long">Year long</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Year long"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting in Ireland">Scouting in Ireland</a> celebrated its centenary. Events to celebrate were planned throughout the year with the <a href="/wiki/Jamboree_2008_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamboree 2008 (Ireland)">National Jamboree</a> and an exhibition in the <a href="/wiki/Collins_Barracks_(Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collins Barracks (Dublin)">National Museum</a> as highlights.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_literature">Arts and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Arts and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_in_Irish_music" title="2008 in Irish music">2008 in Irish music</a></div> <ul><li>9 September – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Murphy_(playwright)" title="Elaine Murphy (playwright)">Elaine Murphy</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Gem" title="Little Gem">Little Gem</a></i> debuted in Dublin.</li> <li>29 September – <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Barry" title="Sebastian Barry">Sebastian Barry</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Scripture" title="The Secret Scripture">The Secret Scripture</a></i> was published and won the <a href="/wiki/James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize" title="James Tait Black Memorial Prize">James Tait Black Memorial Prize</a> in fiction, Book of the Year in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Costa_Book_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Costa Book Awards">2008 Costa Book Awards</a> and Irish Novel in the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Irish_Book_Awards" title="Irish Book Awards">Irish Book Awards</a>.</li> <li>1 December – <a href="/wiki/Raidi%C3%B3_Teilif%C3%ADs_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Raidió Teilifís Éireann">Raidió Teilifís Éireann</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Digital_radio" title="Digital radio">digital radio</a> revolution began with the official launch of five new digital radio and broadband services which had been on trial for twenty months. They were <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Choice" title="RTÉ Choice">RTÉ Choice</a>, a sister speech station to <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Radio_1" title="RTÉ Radio 1">RTÉ Radio 1</a>; easy listening and ambient service <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Chill" title="RTÉ Chill">RTÉ Chill</a>; <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Junior" class="mw-redirect" title="RTÉ Junior">RTÉ Junior</a>, which was aimed at two to ten-year-olds; the dance-based <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_Pulse" title="RTÉ Pulse">RTÉ Pulse</a>; and <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_2XM" title="RTÉ 2XM">RTÉ 2XM</a>, a sister station to the rock and indie components of <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_2fm" title="RTÉ 2fm">RTÉ 2fm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorj_Chalandon" title="Sorj Chalandon">Sorj Chalandon</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/My_Traitor" title="My Traitor">My Traitor</a></i> was published.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Keyes" title="Marian Keyes">Marian Keyes</a>' novel <i><a href="/wiki/This_Charming_Man_(novel)" title="This Charming Man (novel)">This Charming Man</a></i> was published and won the Popular Fiction award in the 2009 Irish Book Awards.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Internationals</b></li></ul> <dl><dd>6 February – <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Ireland</a> 0–1 <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></dd> <dd>24 May – Ireland 1–1 <a href="/wiki/Serbia_national_football_team" title="Serbia national football team">Serbia</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">World Cup 2010 Qualifiers</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>6 September – <a href="/wiki/Georgia_national_football_team" title="Georgia national football team">Georgia</a> 1–2 Ireland</dd> <dd>10 September – <a href="/wiki/Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Montenegro national football team">Montenegro</a> 0–0 Ireland</dd> <dd>15 October – Ireland 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_national_football_team" title="Cyprus national football team">Cyprus</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports_Cup" title="Setanta Sports Cup">Setanta Sports Cup</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Setanta_Sports_Cup" title="2008 Setanta Sports Cup">Summary</a></li> <li>Winner: <a href="/wiki/Cork_City_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork City FC">Cork City</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_League_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 League of Ireland">Summary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division" title="League of Ireland Premier Division">Div.Premier</a> winner: <a href="/wiki/Bohemian_F.C." title="Bohemian F.C.">Bohemians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland_First_Division" title="League of Ireland First Division">Div. 1</a> winner: <a href="/wiki/Dundalk_F.C." title="Dundalk F.C.">Dundalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Championship" title="A Championship">Div.A</a> winner: <a href="/wiki/Mervue_United_A.F.C." title="Mervue United A.F.C.">Mervue United</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/FAI_Cup" title="FAI Cup">FAI Cup</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FAI_Cup_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="FAI Cup 2008">Summary</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/2008_FAI_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 FAI Cup Final">Final</a>)</small></li> <li>Winner: <a href="/wiki/Bohemian_F.C." title="Bohemian F.C.">Bohemians</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletics">Athletics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>26 January-27 January – Irish Indoor Athletics Championships, <a href="/wiki/Odyssey_(Belfast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Odyssey (Belfast)">Odyssey Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaelic_games">Gaelic games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Gaelic games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Football</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008">All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2008</a> (Winners – <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_GAA" title="Tyrone GAA">Tyrone</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(Ireland)_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League (Ireland) 2008">National Football League 2008</a> (Winners – <a href="/wiki/Derry_GAA" title="Derry GAA">Derry</a>)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008">All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2008</a> (Winners – <a href="/wiki/Kilkenny_GAA" title="Kilkenny GAA">Kilkenny</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/National_Hurling_League_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hurling League 2008">National Hurling League 2008</a> (Winners – <a href="/wiki/Tipperary_GAA" title="Tipperary GAA">Tipperary</a>)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Irish Open – <a href="/wiki/Adare_Manor" title="Adare Manor">Adare Manor</a>, May 2008 (winner – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Finch_(golfer)" title="Richard Finch (golfer)">Richard Finch</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_league">Rugby league</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rugby league"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/2008_Rugby_League_World_Cup" title="2008 Rugby League World Cup">2008 Rugby League World Cup</a></dt> <dd>Ireland reach the final 6 knockout stage</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/2008_Six_Nations_Championship" title="2008 Six Nations Championship">2008 Six Nations Championship</a></dt> <dd>2 February – <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a> 16–11 <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a></dd> <dd>9 February – <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> 26–21 Ireland</dd> <dd>23 February – Ireland 34–13 <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a></dd> <dd>8 March – Ireland 12–16 <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></dd> <dd>15 March – <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> 33–0 Ireland</dd></dl> <p>Ireland come fourth, their lowest finishing position since 1999 </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Heineken_Cup" title="2007–08 Heineken Cup">2007–08 Heineken Cup</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Munster_rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Munster rugby">Munster</a> champions – Toulouse 13–16 Munster</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympics">Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">Beijing Olympics</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a> – 3 medals</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics</a> – 5 medals</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Irish_President_Patrick_Hillery_in_the_Netherlands_1986_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hillery" title="Patrick Hillery">Patrick Hillery</a> died on 12 April</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>1 January <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hogarty" title="Philip Hogarty">Philip Hogarty</a>, 19, chair of the Irish Chess Union, killed by a <a href="/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" title="Garda Síochána">Garda</a> patrol car.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Caffrey" title="Peter Caffrey">Peter Caffrey</a>, actor (born 1949).</li></ul></li> <li>3 January – <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Donohue" title="John O'Donohue">John O'Donohue</a>, poet and philosopher (born 1956).</li> <li>26 January – <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Daniels_(Gaelic_footballer)" title="Raymond Daniels (Gaelic footballer)">Raymond Daniels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wicklow_GAA" title="Wicklow GAA">Wicklow</a> Gaelic footballer (born 1979).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>27 January – Dan Kavanagh, 87, <a href="/wiki/Kerry_GAA" title="Kerry GAA">Kerry</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic footballer</a>.</li> <li>13 February – Paul Goldin, <a href="/wiki/Hypnotist" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypnotist">hypnotist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>20 February – <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADd_Mahon" title="Bríd Mahon">Bríd Mahon</a>, 85, folklorist (born 1922).</li> <li>23 February – <a href="/wiki/Jim_English" title="Jim English">Jim English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wexford_GAA" title="Wexford GAA">Wexford</a> <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurler</a> (born 1932).</li> <li>29 February – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Cary">Chris Cary</a>, 61, broadcaster and founder of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Nova_(Ireland)" title="Radio Nova (Ireland)">Radio Nova</a>. Died in on a working trip in Tenerife from a stroke.</li> <li>5 March – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Faulkner" title="Jimmy Faulkner">Jimmy Faulkner</a>, guitarist with <a href="/wiki/Christy_Moore" title="Christy Moore">Christy Moore</a> and other groups.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6 March – <a href="/wiki/Garry_McMahon" title="Garry McMahon">Garry McMahon</a>, 70, <a href="/wiki/Kerry_GAA" title="Kerry GAA">Kerry</a> Gaelic footballer.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 April – Brendan O'Brien, 67, musician (The Dixies), probable <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4 April – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Stakelum" title="Pat Stakelum">Pat Stakelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tipperary_GAA" title="Tipperary GAA">Tipperary</a> hurler (born 1927).</li> <li>12 April – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hillery" title="Patrick Hillery">Patrick Hillery</a>, 84, former President of Ireland.</li> <li>13 April – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mills_(journalist)" title="Michael Mills (journalist)">Michael Mills</a>, 80, former journalist and Ireland's first <a href="/wiki/Ombudsman#Ireland" title="Ombudsman">government ombudsman</a> (1984–1994).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 April – <a href="/wiki/John_Barron_(hurler)" title="John Barron (hurler)">John Barron</a>, 74, former <a href="/wiki/Waterford_GAA" title="Waterford GAA">Waterford</a> hurler.</li> <li>2 May – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Codd" title="Martin Codd">Martin Codd</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Wexford_GAA" title="Wexford GAA">Wexford</a> hurler (born 1929).</li> <li>9 May – <a href="/wiki/Nuala_O%27Faolain" title="Nuala O'Faolain">Nuala O'Faolain</a>, 68, journalist and writer.</li> <li>21 May – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Keenan_(Irish_republican)" title="Brian Keenan (Irish republican)">Brian Keenan</a>, 66, <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> member.</li> <li>31 May – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Keane" title="Terry Keane">Terry Keane</a>, 68, former gossip columnist.</li> <li>28 June <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_%22Crip%22_McWilliams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher "Crip" McWilliams">Christopher "Crip" McWilliams</a>, 44, member of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Liberation_Army" title="Irish National Liberation Army">INLA</a>, convicted murderer, cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 June – <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Canny" title="Paddy Canny">Paddy Canny</a>, 89, fiddle player.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>9 July – <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Brennan" title="Séamus Brennan">Séamus Brennan</a>, 60, Fianna Fáil <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TD</a> and former government minister.</li> <li>22 July – <a href="/wiki/Paudie_O%27Donoghue" title="Paudie O'Donoghue">Paudie O'Donoghue</a>, 64, former <a href="/wiki/Kerry_GAA" title="Kerry GAA">Kerry</a> Gaelic footballer.</li> <li>2 August – <a href="/wiki/Ger_McDonnell" title="Ger McDonnell">Ger McDonnell</a>, 37, mountaineer, first Irishman to reach summit of K2, <a href="/wiki/2008_K2_disaster" title="2008 K2 disaster">climbing accident</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3 August – Con O'Shea, former <a href="/wiki/Kerry_GAA" title="Kerry GAA">Kerry</a> Gaelic footballer.</li> <li>9 August – <a href="/wiki/Colm_Condon" title="Colm Condon">Colm Condon</a>, 87, lawyer, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland" title="Attorney General of Ireland">Attorney General</a> (1965–1973).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13 August – <a href="/wiki/Nollaig_%C3%93_Gadhra" title="Nollaig Ó Gadhra">Nollaig Ó Gadhra</a>, 64, Irish language activist, journalist and historian, co-founder of <a href="/wiki/Teilif%C3%ADs_na_Gaeilge" class="mw-redirect" title="Teilifís na Gaeilge">Teilifís na Gaeilge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronnie_drew_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Ronnie_drew_2004.jpg/120px-Ronnie_drew_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Ronnie_drew_2004.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="176" data-file-height="298" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Drew" title="Ronnie Drew">Ronnie Drew</a> died on 16 August</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>16 August – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Drew" title="Ronnie Drew">Ronnie Drew</a>, 73, singer, founding member of <a href="/wiki/The_Dubliners" title="The Dubliners">The Dubliners</a>, after long illness.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>28 August – Larry Fanning, 86, former <a href="/wiki/Waterford_GAA" title="Waterford GAA">Waterford</a> hurler.</li> <li>15 September – Ciaran Duffy, 42, managing director of <a href="/wiki/Namibia_Breweries_Limited" title="Namibia Breweries Limited">Namibia Breweries Limited</a>, cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21 September – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tansey" title="Paul Tansey">Paul Tansey</a>, 59, economics editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24 September – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Wilton" title="Claude Wilton">Claude Wilton</a>, 89, Northern Irish politician, solicitor and civil rights campaigner</li> <li>26 September – <a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Greevy" title="Bernadette Greevy">Bernadette Greevy</a>, 68, <a href="/wiki/Mezzo-soprano" title="Mezzo-soprano">mezzo-soprano</a>.</li> <li>11 October – <a href="/wiki/Willie_John_Ring" title="Willie John Ring">Willie John Ring</a>, 91, <a href="/wiki/Cork_GAA" title="Cork GAA">Cork</a> hurler.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 October – Greg Fives, 59, <a href="/wiki/Waterford_GAA" title="Waterford GAA">Waterford</a> Gaelic football <a href="/wiki/Manager_(Gaelic_Games)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manager (Gaelic Games)">manager</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_in_Ireland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Irish_television" title="2008 in Irish television">2008 in Irish television</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Ireland">1151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1152_in_Ireland" title="1152 in Ireland">1152</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1153_in_Ireland" title="1153 in Ireland">1153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1154_in_Ireland" title="1154 in Ireland">1154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1155_in_Ireland" title="1155 in Ireland">1155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1156_in_Ireland" title="1156 in Ireland">1156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1157_in_Ireland" title="1157 in Ireland">1157</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1158_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1158 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1159_in_Ireland" title="1159 in Ireland">1159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1160_in_Ireland" title="1160 in Ireland">1160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1161_in_Ireland" title="1161 in Ireland">1161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1162_in_Ireland" title="1162 in Ireland">1162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1163_in_Ireland" title="1163 in Ireland">1163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1164_in_Ireland" title="1164 in Ireland">1164</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1165_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1165 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1166_in_Ireland" title="1166 in Ireland">1166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1167_in_Ireland" title="1167 in Ireland">1167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1168_in_Ireland" title="1168 in Ireland">1168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1169_in_Ireland" title="1169 in Ireland">1169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1170_in_Ireland" title="1170 in Ireland">1170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1171_in_Ireland" title="1171 in Ireland">1171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1172_in_Ireland" title="1172 in Ireland">1172</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1173_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1173 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1174_in_Ireland" title="1174 in Ireland">1174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1175_in_Ireland" title="1175 in Ireland">1175</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1176_in_Ireland" title="1176 in Ireland">1176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1177_in_Ireland" title="1177 in Ireland">1177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1178_in_Ireland" title="1178 in Ireland">1178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1179_in_Ireland" title="1179 in Ireland">1179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1180_in_Ireland" title="1180 in Ireland">1180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1181_in_Ireland" title="1181 in Ireland">1181</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1182_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1182 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1183_in_Ireland" title="1183 in Ireland">1183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1184_in_Ireland" title="1184 in Ireland">1184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1185_in_Ireland" title="1185 in Ireland">1185</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1186_in_Ireland" title="1186 in Ireland">1186</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1187_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1187 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1187</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1188_in_Ireland" title="1188 in Ireland">1188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1189_in_Ireland" title="1189 in Ireland">1189</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1190_in_Ireland" title="1190 in Ireland">1190</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1191_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1191 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1192_in_Ireland" title="1192 in Ireland">1192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1193_in_Ireland" title="1193 in Ireland">1193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1194_in_Ireland" title="1194 in Ireland">1194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1195_in_Ireland" title="1195 in Ireland">1195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1196_in_Ireland" title="1196 in Ireland">1196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1197_in_Ireland" title="1197 in Ireland">1197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1198_in_Ireland" title="1198 in Ireland">1198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1199_in_Ireland" title="1199 in Ireland">1199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1200_in_Ireland" title="1200 in Ireland">1200</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="13th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">13th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1201_in_Ireland" title="1201 in Ireland">1201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1202_in_Ireland" title="1202 in Ireland">1202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1203_in_Ireland" title="1203 in Ireland">1203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1204_in_Ireland" title="1204 in Ireland">1204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1205_in_Ireland" title="1205 in Ireland">1205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1206_in_Ireland" title="1206 in Ireland">1206</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1207_in_Ireland" title="1207 in Ireland">1207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1208_in_Ireland" title="1208 in Ireland">1208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1209_in_Ireland" title="1209 in Ireland">1209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1210_in_Ireland" title="1210 in Ireland">1210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1211_in_Ireland" title="1211 in Ireland">1211</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1212_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1212 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1213_in_Ireland" title="1213 in Ireland">1213</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1214_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1214 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1215_in_Ireland" title="1215 in Ireland">1215</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1216_in_Ireland" title="1216 in Ireland">1216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1217_in_Ireland" title="1217 in Ireland">1217</a></li> <li>1218</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1219_in_Ireland" title="1219 in Ireland">1219</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1220_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1220 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1221_in_Ireland" title="1221 in Ireland">1221</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1222_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1222 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1223_in_Ireland" title="1223 in Ireland">1223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1224_in_Ireland" title="1224 in Ireland">1224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1225_in_Ireland" title="1225 in Ireland">1225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1226_in_Ireland" title="1226 in Ireland">1226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1227_in_Ireland" title="1227 in Ireland">1227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1228_in_Ireland" title="1228 in Ireland">1228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1229_in_Ireland" title="1229 in Ireland">1229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1230_in_Ireland" title="1230 in Ireland">1230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1231_in_Ireland" title="1231 in Ireland">1231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1232_in_Ireland" title="1232 in Ireland">1232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1233_in_Ireland" title="1233 in Ireland">1233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1234_in_Ireland" title="1234 in Ireland">1234</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1235_in_Ireland" title="1235 in Ireland">1235</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1236_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1236 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1236</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1237_in_Ireland" title="1237 in Ireland">1237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1238_in_Ireland" title="1238 in Ireland">1238</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1239_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1239 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1239</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1240_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1240 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1241_in_Ireland" title="1241 in Ireland">1241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1242_in_Ireland" title="1242 in Ireland">1242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1243_in_Ireland" title="1243 in Ireland">1243</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1244_in_Ireland" title="1244 in Ireland">1244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1245_in_Ireland" title="1245 in Ireland">1245</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1246_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1246 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1247_in_Ireland" title="1247 in Ireland">1247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1248_in_Ireland" title="1248 in Ireland">1248</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1249_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1249 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1249</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1250_in_Ireland" title="1250 in Ireland">1250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1251_in_Ireland" title="1251 in Ireland">1251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1252_in_Ireland" title="1252 in Ireland">1252</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1253_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1253 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1253</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1254_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1254 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1254</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1255_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1255 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1255</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1256_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1256 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1257_in_Ireland" title="1257 in Ireland">1257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1258_in_Ireland" title="1258 in Ireland">1258</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1259_in_Ireland" title="1259 in Ireland">1259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1260_in_Ireland" title="1260 in Ireland">1260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1261_in_Ireland" title="1261 in Ireland">1261</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1262_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1262 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1263_in_Ireland" title="1263 in Ireland">1263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1264_in_Ireland" title="1264 in Ireland">1264</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1265_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1265 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1266_in_Ireland" title="1266 in Ireland">1266</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1267_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1267 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1268_in_Ireland" title="1268 in Ireland">1268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1269_in_Ireland" title="1269 in Ireland">1269</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1270_in_Ireland" title="1270 in Ireland">1270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1271_in_Ireland" title="1271 in Ireland">1271</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1272_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1272 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1273_in_Ireland" title="1273 in Ireland">1273</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1274_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1274 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1274</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1275_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1275 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1276_in_Ireland" title="1276 in Ireland">1276</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1277_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1277 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1277</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1278_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1278 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1279_in_Ireland" title="1279 in Ireland">1279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1280_in_Ireland" title="1280 in Ireland">1280</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1281_in_Ireland" title="1281 in Ireland">1281</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1282_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1282 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1283_in_Ireland" title="1283 in Ireland">1283</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1284_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1284 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1284</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1285_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1285 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1286_in_Ireland" title="1286 in Ireland">1286</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1287_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1287 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1288_in_Ireland" title="1288 in Ireland">1288</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1289_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1289 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1290_in_Ireland" title="1290 in Ireland">1290</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1291_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1291 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1292_in_Ireland" title="1292 in Ireland">1292</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1293_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1293 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1294_in_Ireland" title="1294 in Ireland">1294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1295_in_Ireland" title="1295 in Ireland">1295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1296_in_Ireland" title="1296 in Ireland">1296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1297_in_Ireland" title="1297 in Ireland">1297</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1298_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1298 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1299_in_Ireland" title="1299 in Ireland">1299</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1300_in_Ireland" title="1300 in Ireland">1300</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="14th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">14th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1301_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1301 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1302_in_Ireland" title="1302 in Ireland">1302</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1303_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1303 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1303</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1304_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1304 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1305_in_Ireland" title="1305 in Ireland">1305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1306_in_Ireland" title="1306 in Ireland">1306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1307_in_Ireland" title="1307 in Ireland">1307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1308_in_Ireland" title="1308 in Ireland">1308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1309_in_Ireland" title="1309 in Ireland">1309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1310_in_Ireland" title="1310 in Ireland">1310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1311_in_Ireland" title="1311 in Ireland">1311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1312_in_Ireland" title="1312 in Ireland">1312</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1313_in_Ireland" title="1313 in Ireland">1313</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1314_in_Ireland" title="1314 in Ireland">1314</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1315_in_Ireland" title="1315 in Ireland">1315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1316_in_Ireland" title="1316 in Ireland">1316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1317_in_Ireland" title="1317 in Ireland">1317</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1318_in_Ireland" title="1318 in Ireland">1318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1319_in_Ireland" title="1319 in Ireland">1319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1320_in_Ireland" title="1320 in Ireland">1320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1321_in_Ireland" title="1321 in Ireland">1321</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1322_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1322 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1322</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1323_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1323 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1323</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1324_in_Ireland" title="1324 in Ireland">1324</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1325_in_Ireland" title="1325 in Ireland">1325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1326_in_Ireland" title="1326 in Ireland">1326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1327_in_Ireland" title="1327 in Ireland">1327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1328_in_Ireland" title="1328 in Ireland">1328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1329_in_Ireland" title="1329 in Ireland">1329</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1330_in_Ireland" title="1330 in Ireland">1330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1331_in_Ireland" title="1331 in Ireland">1331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1332_in_Ireland" title="1332 in Ireland">1332</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1333_in_Ireland" title="1333 in Ireland">1333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1334_in_Ireland" title="1334 in Ireland">1334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1335_in_Ireland" title="1335 in Ireland">1335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1336_in_Ireland" title="1336 in Ireland">1336</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1337_in_Ireland" title="1337 in Ireland">1337</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1338_in_Ireland" title="1338 in Ireland">1338</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1339_in_Ireland" title="1339 in Ireland">1339</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1340_in_Ireland" title="1340 in Ireland">1340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1341_in_Ireland" title="1341 in Ireland">1341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1342_in_Ireland" title="1342 in Ireland">1342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1343_in_Ireland" title="1343 in Ireland">1343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1344_in_Ireland" title="1344 in Ireland">1344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1345_in_Ireland" title="1345 in Ireland">1345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1346_in_Ireland" title="1346 in Ireland">1346</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1347_in_Ireland" title="1347 in Ireland">1347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1348_in_Ireland" title="1348 in Ireland">1348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1349_in_Ireland" title="1349 in Ireland">1349</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1350_in_Ireland" title="1350 in Ireland">1350</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1351_in_Ireland" title="1351 in Ireland">1351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1352_in_Ireland" title="1352 in Ireland">1352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1353_in_Ireland" title="1353 in Ireland">1353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1354_in_Ireland" title="1354 in Ireland">1354</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1355_in_Ireland" title="1355 in Ireland">1355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1356_in_Ireland" title="1356 in Ireland">1356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1357_in_Ireland" title="1357 in Ireland">1357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1358_in_Ireland" title="1358 in Ireland">1358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1359_in_Ireland" title="1359 in Ireland">1359</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1360_in_Ireland" title="1360 in Ireland">1360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1361_in_Ireland" title="1361 in Ireland">1361</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1362_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1362 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1362</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1363_in_Ireland" title="1363 in Ireland">1363</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1364_in_Ireland" title="1364 in Ireland">1364</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1365_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1365 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1366_in_Ireland" title="1366 in Ireland">1366</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1367_in_Ireland" title="1367 in Ireland">1367</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1368_in_Ireland" title="1368 in Ireland">1368</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1369_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1369 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1369</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1370_in_Ireland" title="1370 in Ireland">1370</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1371_in_Ireland" title="1371 in Ireland">1371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1372_in_Ireland" title="1372 in Ireland">1372</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1373_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1373 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1374_in_Ireland" title="1374 in Ireland">1374</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1375_in_Ireland" title="1375 in Ireland">1375</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1376_in_Ireland" title="1376 in Ireland">1376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1377_in_Ireland" title="1377 in Ireland">1377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1378_in_Ireland" title="1378 in Ireland">1378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1379_in_Ireland" title="1379 in Ireland">1379</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1380_in_Ireland" title="1380 in Ireland">1380</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1381_in_Ireland" title="1381 in Ireland">1381</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1382_in_Ireland" title="1382 in Ireland">1382</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1383_in_Ireland" title="1383 in Ireland">1383</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1384_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1384 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1384</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1385_in_Ireland" title="1385 in Ireland">1385</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1386_in_Ireland" title="1386 in Ireland">1386</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1387_in_Ireland" title="1387 in Ireland">1387</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1388_in_Ireland" title="1388 in Ireland">1388</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1389_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1389 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1389</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1390_in_Ireland" title="1390 in Ireland">1390</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1391_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1391 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1391</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1392_in_Ireland" title="1392 in Ireland">1392</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1393_in_Ireland" title="1393 in Ireland">1393</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1394_in_Ireland" title="1394 in Ireland">1394</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1395_in_Ireland" title="1395 in Ireland">1395</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1396_in_Ireland" title="1396 in Ireland">1396</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1397_in_Ireland" title="1397 in Ireland">1397</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1398_in_Ireland" title="1398 in Ireland">1398</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1399_in_Ireland" title="1399 in Ireland">1399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1400_in_Ireland" title="1400 in Ireland">1400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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href="/w/index.php?title=1407_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1407 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1407</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1408_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1408 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1408</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1409_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1409 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1409</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1410_in_Ireland" title="1410 in Ireland">1410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1411_in_Ireland" title="1411 in Ireland">1411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1412_in_Ireland" title="1412 in Ireland">1412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1413_in_Ireland" title="1413 in Ireland">1413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1414_in_Ireland" title="1414 in Ireland">1414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1415_in_Ireland" title="1415 in Ireland">1415</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1416_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1416 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1417_in_Ireland" title="1417 in Ireland">1417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1418_in_Ireland" title="1418 in Ireland">1418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1419_in_Ireland" title="1419 in Ireland">1419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1420_in_Ireland" title="1420 in Ireland">1420</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1421_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1421 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1421</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1422_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1422 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1423_in_Ireland" title="1423 in Ireland">1423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1424_in_Ireland" title="1424 in Ireland">1424</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1425_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1425 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1426_in_Ireland" title="1426 in Ireland">1426</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1427_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1427 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1427</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1428_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1428 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1429_in_Ireland" title="1429 in Ireland">1429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1430_in_Ireland" title="1430 in Ireland">1430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1431_in_Ireland" title="1431 in Ireland">1431</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1432_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1432 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1432</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1433_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1433 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1433</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1434_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1434 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1434</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1435_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1435 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1436_in_Ireland" title="1436 in Ireland">1436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1437_in_Ireland" title="1437 in Ireland">1437</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1438_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1438 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1438</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1439_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1439 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1439</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1440_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1440 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1440</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1441_in_Ireland" title="1441 in Ireland">1441</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1442_in_Ireland" title="1442 in Ireland">1442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1443_in_Ireland" title="1443 in Ireland">1443</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1444_in_Ireland" title="1444 in Ireland">1444</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1445_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1445 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1446_in_Ireland" title="1446 in Ireland">1446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1447_in_Ireland" title="1447 in Ireland">1447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1448_in_Ireland" title="1448 in Ireland">1448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1449_in_Ireland" title="1449 in Ireland">1449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1450_in_Ireland" title="1450 in Ireland">1450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1451_in_Ireland" title="1451 in Ireland">1451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1452_in_Ireland" title="1452 in Ireland">1452</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1453_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1453 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1454_in_Ireland" title="1454 in Ireland">1454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1455_in_Ireland" title="1455 in Ireland">1455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1456_in_Ireland" title="1456 in Ireland">1456</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1457_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1457 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1458_in_Ireland" title="1458 in Ireland">1458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1459_in_Ireland" title="1459 in Ireland">1459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1460_in_Ireland" title="1460 in Ireland">1460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1461_in_Ireland" title="1461 in Ireland">1461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1462_in_Ireland" title="1462 in Ireland">1462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1463_in_Ireland" title="1463 in Ireland">1463</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1464_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1464 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1464</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1465_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1465 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1465</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1466_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1466 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1467_in_Ireland" title="1467 in Ireland">1467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1468_in_Ireland" title="1468 in Ireland">1468</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1469_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="1469 in Ireland">1469</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1470_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1470 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1470</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1471_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1471 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1471</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1472_in_Ireland" title="1472 in Ireland">1472</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1473_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1473 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1474_in_Ireland" title="1474 in Ireland">1474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1475_in_Ireland" title="1475 in Ireland">1475</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1476_in_Ireland" title="1476 in Ireland">1476</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1477_in_Ireland" title="1477 in Ireland">1477</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1478_in_Ireland" title="1478 in Ireland">1478</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1479_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1479 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1479</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1480_in_Ireland" title="1480 in Ireland">1480</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1481_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1481 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1481</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1482_in_Ireland" title="1482 in Ireland">1482</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1483_in_Ireland" title="1483 in Ireland">1483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1484_in_Ireland" title="1484 in Ireland">1484</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1485_in_Ireland" title="1485 in Ireland">1485</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1486_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1486 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1487_in_Ireland" title="1487 in Ireland">1487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1488_in_Ireland" title="1488 in Ireland">1488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1489_in_Ireland" title="1489 in Ireland">1489</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1490_in_Ireland" title="1490 in Ireland">1490</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1491_in_Ireland" title="1491 in Ireland">1491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1492_in_Ireland" title="1492 in Ireland">1492</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1493_in_Ireland" title="1493 in Ireland">1493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1494_in_Ireland" title="1494 in Ireland">1494</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1495_in_Ireland" title="1495 in Ireland">1495</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1496_in_Ireland" title="1496 in Ireland">1496</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1497_in_Ireland" title="1497 in Ireland">1497</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1498_in_Ireland" title="1498 in Ireland">1498</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1499_in_Ireland" title="1499 in Ireland">1499</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1500_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1500 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1500</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="16th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">16th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1501_in_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1501 in Ireland (page does not exist)">1501</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1502_in_Ireland" title="1502 in Ireland">1502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1503_in_Ireland" title="1503 in Ireland">1503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1504_in_Ireland" title="1504 in Ireland">1504</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1505_in_Ireland" title="1505 in Ireland">1505</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1506_in_Ireland" title="1506 in Ireland">1506</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1507_in_Ireland" title="1507 in Ireland">1507</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1508_in_Ireland" title="1508 in Ireland">1508</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1509_in_Ireland" title="1509 in Ireland">1509</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1510_in_Ireland" title="1510 in Ireland">1510</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1511_in_Ireland" title="1511 in Ireland">1511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1512_in_Ireland" title="1512 in Ireland">1512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1513_in_Ireland" title="1513 in Ireland">1513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1514_in_Ireland" title="1514 in Ireland">1514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1515_in_Ireland" title="1515 in Ireland">1515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1516_in_Ireland" title="1516 in Ireland">1516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1517_in_Ireland" title="1517 in Ireland">1517</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1518_in_Ireland" title="1518 in Ireland">1518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1519_in_Ireland" title="1519 in Ireland">1519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1520_in_Ireland" title="1520 in Ireland">1520</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1521_in_Ireland" title="1521 in Ireland">1521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1522_in_Ireland" title="1522 in Ireland">1522</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1523_in_Ireland" title="1523 in Ireland">1523</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1524_in_Ireland" title="1524 in Ireland">1524</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1525_in_Ireland" title="1525 in Ireland">1525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1526_in_Ireland" title="1526 in Ireland">1526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1527_in_Ireland" title="1527 in Ireland">1527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1528_in_Ireland" title="1528 in Ireland">1528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1529_in_Ireland" title="1529 in Ireland">1529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1530_in_Ireland" title="1530 in Ireland">1530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1531_in_Ireland" title="1531 in Ireland">1531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1532_in_Ireland" title="1532 in Ireland">1532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1533_in_Ireland" title="1533 in Ireland">1533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1534_in_Ireland" title="1534 in Ireland">1534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1535_in_Ireland" title="1535 in Ireland">1535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1536_in_Ireland" title="1536 in Ireland">1536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1537_in_Ireland" title="1537 in Ireland">1537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1538_in_Ireland" title="1538 in Ireland">1538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1539_in_Ireland" title="1539 in Ireland">1539</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1540_in_Ireland" title="1540 in Ireland">1540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1541_in_Ireland" title="1541 in Ireland">1541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1542_in_Ireland" title="1542 in Ireland">1542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1543_in_Ireland" title="1543 in Ireland">1543</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1544_in_Ireland" title="1544 in Ireland">1544</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1545_in_Ireland" title="1545 in Ireland">1545</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1546_in_Ireland" title="1546 in Ireland">1546</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1547_in_Ireland" title="1547 in Ireland">1547</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1548_in_Ireland" title="1548 in Ireland">1548</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1549_in_Ireland" title="1549 in Ireland">1549</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1550_in_Ireland" title="1550 in Ireland">1550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1551_in_Ireland" title="1551 in Ireland">1551</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1552_in_Ireland" title="1552 in Ireland">1552</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1553_in_Ireland" title="1553 in Ireland">1553</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1554_in_Ireland" title="1554 in Ireland">1554</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1555_in_Ireland" title="1555 in Ireland">1555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1556_in_Ireland" title="1556 in Ireland">1556</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1557_in_Ireland" title="1557 in Ireland">1557</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1558_in_Ireland" title="1558 in Ireland">1558</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1559_in_Ireland" title="1559 in Ireland">1559</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1560_in_Ireland" title="1560 in Ireland">1560</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1561_in_Ireland" title="1561 in Ireland">1561</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1562_in_Ireland" title="1562 in Ireland">1562</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1563_in_Ireland" title="1563 in Ireland">1563</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1564_in_Ireland" title="1564 in Ireland">1564</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1565_in_Ireland" title="1565 in Ireland">1565</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1566_in_Ireland" title="1566 in Ireland">1566</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1567_in_Ireland" title="1567 in Ireland">1567</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1568_in_Ireland" title="1568 in Ireland">1568</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1569_in_Ireland" title="1569 in Ireland">1569</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1570_in_Ireland" title="1570 in Ireland">1570</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1571_in_Ireland" title="1571 in Ireland">1571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1572_in_Ireland" title="1572 in Ireland">1572</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1573_in_Ireland" title="1573 in Ireland">1573</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1574_in_Ireland" title="1574 in Ireland">1574</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1575_in_Ireland" title="1575 in Ireland">1575</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1576_in_Ireland" title="1576 in Ireland">1576</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1577_in_Ireland" title="1577 in Ireland">1577</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1578_in_Ireland" title="1578 in Ireland">1578</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1579_in_Ireland" title="1579 in Ireland">1579</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1580_in_Ireland" title="1580 in Ireland">1580</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1581_in_Ireland" title="1581 in Ireland">1581</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1582_in_Ireland" title="1582 in Ireland">1582</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1583_in_Ireland" title="1583 in Ireland">1583</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1584_in_Ireland" title="1584 in Ireland">1584</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1585_in_Ireland" title="1585 in Ireland">1585</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1586_in_Ireland" title="1586 in Ireland">1586</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1587_in_Ireland" title="1587 in Ireland">1587</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1588_in_Ireland" title="1588 in Ireland">1588</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1589_in_Ireland" title="1589 in Ireland">1589</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1590_in_Ireland" title="1590 in Ireland">1590</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1591_in_Ireland" title="1591 in Ireland">1591</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1592_in_Ireland" title="1592 in Ireland">1592</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1593_in_Ireland" title="1593 in Ireland">1593</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1594_in_Ireland" title="1594 in Ireland">1594</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1595_in_Ireland" title="1595 in Ireland">1595</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1596_in_Ireland" title="1596 in Ireland">1596</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1597_in_Ireland" title="1597 in Ireland">1597</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1598_in_Ireland" title="1598 in Ireland">1598</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1599_in_Ireland" title="1599 in Ireland">1599</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1600_in_Ireland" title="1600 in Ireland">1600</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="17th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">17th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1601_in_Ireland" title="1601 in Ireland">1601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1602_in_Ireland" title="1602 in Ireland">1602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1603_in_Ireland" title="1603 in Ireland">1603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1604_in_Ireland" title="1604 in Ireland">1604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1605_in_Ireland" title="1605 in Ireland">1605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1606_in_Ireland" title="1606 in Ireland">1606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1607_in_Ireland" title="1607 in Ireland">1607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1608_in_Ireland" title="1608 in Ireland">1608</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1609_in_Ireland" title="1609 in Ireland">1609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1610_in_Ireland" title="1610 in Ireland">1610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1611_in_Ireland" title="1611 in Ireland">1611</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1612_in_Ireland" title="1612 in Ireland">1612</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1613_in_Ireland" title="1613 in Ireland">1613</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1614_in_Ireland" title="1614 in Ireland">1614</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1615_in_Ireland" title="1615 in Ireland">1615</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1616_in_Ireland" title="1616 in Ireland">1616</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1617_in_Ireland" title="1617 in Ireland">1617</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1618_in_Ireland" title="1618 in Ireland">1618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1619_in_Ireland" title="1619 in Ireland">1619</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1620_in_Ireland" title="1620 in Ireland">1620</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1621_in_Ireland" title="1621 in Ireland">1621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1622_in_Ireland" title="1622 in Ireland">1622</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1623_in_Ireland" title="1623 in Ireland">1623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1624_in_Ireland" title="1624 in Ireland">1624</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1625_in_Ireland" title="1625 in Ireland">1625</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1626_in_Ireland" title="1626 in Ireland">1626</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1627_in_Ireland" title="1627 in Ireland">1627</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1628_in_Ireland" title="1628 in Ireland">1628</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1629_in_Ireland" title="1629 in Ireland">1629</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1630_in_Ireland" title="1630 in Ireland">1630</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1631_in_Ireland" title="1631 in Ireland">1631</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1632_in_Ireland" title="1632 in Ireland">1632</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1633_in_Ireland" title="1633 in Ireland">1633</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1634_in_Ireland" title="1634 in Ireland">1634</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1635_in_Ireland" title="1635 in Ireland">1635</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1636_in_Ireland" title="1636 in Ireland">1636</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1637_in_Ireland" title="1637 in Ireland">1637</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1638_in_Ireland" title="1638 in Ireland">1638</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1639_in_Ireland" title="1639 in Ireland">1639</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1640_in_Ireland" title="1640 in Ireland">1640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1641_in_Ireland" title="1641 in Ireland">1641</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1642_in_Ireland" title="1642 in Ireland">1642</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1643_in_Ireland" title="1643 in Ireland">1643</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1644_in_Ireland" title="1644 in Ireland">1644</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1645_in_Ireland" title="1645 in Ireland">1645</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1646_in_Ireland" title="1646 in Ireland">1646</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1647_in_Ireland" title="1647 in Ireland">1647</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1648_in_Ireland" title="1648 in Ireland">1648</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1649_in_Ireland" title="1649 in Ireland">1649</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1650_in_Ireland" title="1650 in Ireland">1650</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1651_in_Ireland" title="1651 in Ireland">1651</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1652_in_Ireland" title="1652 in Ireland">1652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1653_in_Ireland" title="1653 in Ireland">1653</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1654_in_Ireland" title="1654 in Ireland">1654</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1655_in_Ireland" title="1655 in Ireland">1655</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1656_in_Ireland" title="1656 in Ireland">1656</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1657_in_Ireland" title="1657 in Ireland">1657</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1658_in_Ireland" title="1658 in Ireland">1658</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1659_in_Ireland" title="1659 in Ireland">1659</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1660_in_Ireland" title="1660 in Ireland">1660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1661_in_Ireland" title="1661 in Ireland">1661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1662_in_Ireland" title="1662 in Ireland">1662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1663_in_Ireland" title="1663 in Ireland">1663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1664_in_Ireland" title="1664 in Ireland">1664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1665_in_Ireland" title="1665 in Ireland">1665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1666_in_Ireland" title="1666 in Ireland">1666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1667_in_Ireland" title="1667 in Ireland">1667</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1668_in_Ireland" title="1668 in Ireland">1668</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1669_in_Ireland" title="1669 in Ireland">1669</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1670_in_Ireland" title="1670 in Ireland">1670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1671_in_Ireland" title="1671 in Ireland">1671</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1672_in_Ireland" title="1672 in Ireland">1672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1673_in_Ireland" title="1673 in Ireland">1673</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1674_in_Ireland" title="1674 in Ireland">1674</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1675_in_Ireland" title="1675 in Ireland">1675</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1676_in_Ireland" title="1676 in Ireland">1676</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1677_in_Ireland" title="1677 in Ireland">1677</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1678_in_Ireland" title="1678 in Ireland">1678</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1679_in_Ireland" title="1679 in Ireland">1679</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1680_in_Ireland" title="1680 in Ireland">1680</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1681_in_Ireland" title="1681 in Ireland">1681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1682_in_Ireland" title="1682 in Ireland">1682</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1683_in_Ireland" title="1683 in Ireland">1683</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1684_in_Ireland" title="1684 in Ireland">1684</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1685_in_Ireland" title="1685 in Ireland">1685</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1686_in_Ireland" title="1686 in Ireland">1686</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1687_in_Ireland" title="1687 in Ireland">1687</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1688_in_Ireland" title="1688 in Ireland">1688</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1689_in_Ireland" title="1689 in Ireland">1689</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1690_in_Ireland" title="1690 in Ireland">1690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1691_in_Ireland" title="1691 in Ireland">1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1692_in_Ireland" title="1692 in Ireland">1692</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1693_in_Ireland" title="1693 in Ireland">1693</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1694_in_Ireland" title="1694 in Ireland">1694</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1695_in_Ireland" title="1695 in Ireland">1695</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1696_in_Ireland" title="1696 in Ireland">1696</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1697_in_Ireland" title="1697 in Ireland">1697</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1698_in_Ireland" title="1698 in Ireland">1698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1699_in_Ireland" title="1699 in Ireland">1699</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1700_in_Ireland" title="1700 in Ireland">1700</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="18th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">18th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1701_in_Ireland" title="1701 in Ireland">1701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1702_in_Ireland" title="1702 in Ireland">1702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1703_in_Ireland" title="1703 in Ireland">1703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1704_in_Ireland" title="1704 in Ireland">1704</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1705_in_Ireland" title="1705 in Ireland">1705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1706_in_Ireland" title="1706 in Ireland">1706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1707_in_Ireland" title="1707 in Ireland">1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1708_in_Ireland" title="1708 in Ireland">1708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1709_in_Ireland" title="1709 in Ireland">1709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1710_in_Ireland" title="1710 in Ireland">1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1711_in_Ireland" title="1711 in Ireland">1711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1712_in_Ireland" title="1712 in Ireland">1712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1713_in_Ireland" title="1713 in Ireland">1713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1714_in_Ireland" title="1714 in Ireland">1714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1715_in_Ireland" title="1715 in Ireland">1715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1716_in_Ireland" title="1716 in Ireland">1716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1717_in_Ireland" title="1717 in Ireland">1717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1718_in_Ireland" title="1718 in Ireland">1718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1719_in_Ireland" title="1719 in Ireland">1719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1720_in_Ireland" title="1720 in Ireland">1720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1721_in_Ireland" title="1721 in Ireland">1721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1722_in_Ireland" title="1722 in Ireland">1722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1723_in_Ireland" title="1723 in Ireland">1723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1724_in_Ireland" title="1724 in Ireland">1724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1725_in_Ireland" title="1725 in Ireland">1725</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1726_in_Ireland" title="1726 in Ireland">1726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1727_in_Ireland" title="1727 in Ireland">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1728_in_Ireland" title="1728 in Ireland">1728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1729_in_Ireland" title="1729 in Ireland">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1730_in_Ireland" title="1730 in Ireland">1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1731_in_Ireland" title="1731 in Ireland">1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1732_in_Ireland" title="1732 in Ireland">1732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1733_in_Ireland" title="1733 in Ireland">1733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1734_in_Ireland" title="1734 in Ireland">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1735_in_Ireland" title="1735 in Ireland">1735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1736_in_Ireland" title="1736 in Ireland">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1737_in_Ireland" title="1737 in Ireland">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1738_in_Ireland" title="1738 in Ireland">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1739_in_Ireland" title="1739 in Ireland">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1740_in_Ireland" title="1740 in Ireland">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1741_in_Ireland" title="1741 in Ireland">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1742_in_Ireland" title="1742 in Ireland">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1743_in_Ireland" title="1743 in Ireland">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1744_in_Ireland" title="1744 in Ireland">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1745_in_Ireland" title="1745 in Ireland">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1746_in_Ireland" title="1746 in Ireland">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1747_in_Ireland" title="1747 in Ireland">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1748_in_Ireland" title="1748 in Ireland">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1749_in_Ireland" title="1749 in Ireland">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1750_in_Ireland" title="1750 in Ireland">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1751_in_Ireland" title="1751 in Ireland">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1752_in_Ireland" title="1752 in Ireland">1752</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1753_in_Ireland" title="1753 in Ireland">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1754_in_Ireland" title="1754 in Ireland">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1755_in_Ireland" title="1755 in Ireland">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1756_in_Ireland" title="1756 in Ireland">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1757_in_Ireland" title="1757 in Ireland">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1758_in_Ireland" title="1758 in Ireland">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1759_in_Ireland" title="1759 in Ireland">1759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1760_in_Ireland" title="1760 in Ireland">1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1761_in_Ireland" title="1761 in Ireland">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1762_in_Ireland" title="1762 in Ireland">1762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1763_in_Ireland" title="1763 in Ireland">1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1764_in_Ireland" title="1764 in Ireland">1764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1765_in_Ireland" title="1765 in Ireland">1765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1766_in_Ireland" title="1766 in Ireland">1766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1767_in_Ireland" title="1767 in Ireland">1767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1768_in_Ireland" title="1768 in Ireland">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1769_in_Ireland" title="1769 in Ireland">1769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1770_in_Ireland" title="1770 in Ireland">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1771_in_Ireland" title="1771 in Ireland">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1772_in_Ireland" title="1772 in Ireland">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1773_in_Ireland" title="1773 in Ireland">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1774_in_Ireland" title="1774 in Ireland">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1775_in_Ireland" title="1775 in Ireland">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_in_Ireland" title="1776 in Ireland">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1777_in_Ireland" title="1777 in Ireland">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1778_in_Ireland" title="1778 in Ireland">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1779_in_Ireland" title="1779 in Ireland">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1780_in_Ireland" title="1780 in Ireland">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1781_in_Ireland" title="1781 in Ireland">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1782_in_Ireland" title="1782 in Ireland">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1783_in_Ireland" title="1783 in Ireland">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1784_in_Ireland" title="1784 in Ireland">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1785_in_Ireland" title="1785 in Ireland">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1786_in_Ireland" title="1786 in Ireland">1786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1787_in_Ireland" title="1787 in Ireland">1787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1788_in_Ireland" title="1788 in Ireland">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1789_in_Ireland" title="1789 in Ireland">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1790_in_Ireland" title="1790 in Ireland">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1791_in_Ireland" title="1791 in Ireland">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1792_in_Ireland" title="1792 in Ireland">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1793_in_Ireland" title="1793 in Ireland">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1794_in_Ireland" title="1794 in Ireland">1794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1795_in_Ireland" title="1795 in Ireland">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_in_Ireland" title="1796 in Ireland">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1797_in_Ireland" title="1797 in Ireland">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_in_Ireland" title="1798 in Ireland">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1799_in_Ireland" title="1799 in Ireland">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_in_Ireland" title="1800 in Ireland">1800</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="19th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">19th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1801_in_Ireland" title="1801 in Ireland">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_in_Ireland" title="1802 in Ireland">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1803_in_Ireland" title="1803 in Ireland">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1804_in_Ireland" title="1804 in Ireland">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805_in_Ireland" title="1805 in Ireland">1805</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1806_in_Ireland" title="1806 in Ireland">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1807_in_Ireland" title="1807 in Ireland">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1808_in_Ireland" title="1808 in Ireland">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1809_in_Ireland" title="1809 in Ireland">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_in_Ireland" title="1810 in Ireland">1810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1811_in_Ireland" title="1811 in Ireland">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1812_in_Ireland" title="1812 in Ireland">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1813_in_Ireland" title="1813 in Ireland">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_in_Ireland" title="1814 in Ireland">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_in_Ireland" title="1815 in Ireland">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_in_Ireland" title="1816 in Ireland">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1817_in_Ireland" title="1817 in Ireland">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1818_in_Ireland" title="1818 in Ireland">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1819_in_Ireland" title="1819 in Ireland">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1820_in_Ireland" title="1820 in Ireland">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1821_in_Ireland" title="1821 in Ireland">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_in_Ireland" title="1822 in Ireland">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1823_in_Ireland" title="1823 in Ireland">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_in_Ireland" title="1824 in Ireland">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1825_in_Ireland" title="1825 in Ireland">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1826_in_Ireland" title="1826 in Ireland">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_in_Ireland" title="1827 in Ireland">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_in_Ireland" title="1828 in Ireland">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1829_in_Ireland" title="1829 in Ireland">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_in_Ireland" title="1830 in Ireland">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1831_in_Ireland" title="1831 in Ireland">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_in_Ireland" title="1832 in Ireland">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1833_in_Ireland" title="1833 in Ireland">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1834_in_Ireland" title="1834 in Ireland">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1835_in_Ireland" title="1835 in Ireland">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_in_Ireland" title="1836 in Ireland">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1837_in_Ireland" title="1837 in Ireland">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1838_in_Ireland" title="1838 in Ireland">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_in_Ireland" title="1839 in Ireland">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_in_Ireland" title="1840 in Ireland">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1841_in_Ireland" title="1841 in Ireland">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_in_Ireland" title="1842 in Ireland">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1843_in_Ireland" title="1843 in Ireland">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1844_in_Ireland" title="1844 in Ireland">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1845_in_Ireland" title="1845 in Ireland">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_in_Ireland" title="1846 in Ireland">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1847_in_Ireland" title="1847 in Ireland">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1848_in_Ireland" title="1848 in Ireland">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_in_Ireland" title="1849 in Ireland">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_in_Ireland" title="1850 in Ireland">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_in_Ireland" title="1851 in Ireland">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_in_Ireland" title="1852 in Ireland">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_in_Ireland" title="1853 in Ireland">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_in_Ireland" title="1854 in Ireland">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_in_Ireland" title="1855 in Ireland">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_in_Ireland" title="1856 in Ireland">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_in_Ireland" title="1857 in Ireland">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_in_Ireland" title="1858 in Ireland">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_in_Ireland" title="1859 in Ireland">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_in_Ireland" title="1860 in Ireland">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_in_Ireland" title="1861 in Ireland">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_in_Ireland" title="1862 in Ireland">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_in_Ireland" title="1863 in Ireland">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_in_Ireland" title="1864 in Ireland">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_in_Ireland" title="1865 in Ireland">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_in_Ireland" title="1866 in Ireland">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_in_Ireland" title="1867 in Ireland">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_in_Ireland" title="1868 in Ireland">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_in_Ireland" title="1869 in Ireland">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_in_Ireland" title="1870 in Ireland">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_in_Ireland" title="1871 in Ireland">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_in_Ireland" title="1872 in Ireland">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_in_Ireland" title="1873 in Ireland">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_in_Ireland" title="1874 in Ireland">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_in_Ireland" title="1875 in Ireland">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_in_Ireland" title="1876 in Ireland">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_in_Ireland" title="1877 in Ireland">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_in_Ireland" title="1878 in Ireland">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_in_Ireland" title="1879 in Ireland">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_in_Ireland" title="1880 in Ireland">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_in_Ireland" title="1881 in Ireland">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_in_Ireland" title="1882 in Ireland">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_in_Ireland" title="1883 in Ireland">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_in_Ireland" title="1884 in Ireland">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_in_Ireland" title="1885 in Ireland">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_in_Ireland" title="1886 in Ireland">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_in_Ireland" title="1887 in Ireland">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_in_Ireland" title="1888 in Ireland">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_in_Ireland" title="1889 in Ireland">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_in_Ireland" title="1890 in Ireland">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_in_Ireland" title="1891 in Ireland">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_in_Ireland" title="1892 in Ireland">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_in_Ireland" title="1893 in Ireland">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_in_Ireland" title="1894 in Ireland">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_in_Ireland" title="1895 in Ireland">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_in_Ireland" title="1896 in Ireland">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_in_Ireland" title="1897 in Ireland">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_in_Ireland" title="1898 in Ireland">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_in_Ireland" title="1899 in Ireland">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_in_Ireland" title="1900 in Ireland">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="20th_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">20th century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901_in_Ireland" title="1901 in Ireland">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_in_Ireland" title="1902 in Ireland">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_in_Ireland" title="1903 in Ireland">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_in_Ireland" title="1904 in Ireland">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_in_Ireland" title="1905 in Ireland">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_in_Ireland" title="1906 in Ireland">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_in_Ireland" title="1907 in Ireland">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_in_Ireland" title="1908 in Ireland">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_in_Ireland" title="1909 in Ireland">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_in_Ireland" title="1910 in Ireland">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_in_Ireland" title="1911 in Ireland">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_in_Ireland" title="1912 in Ireland">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_in_Ireland" title="1913 in Ireland">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_in_Ireland" title="1914 in Ireland">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_in_Ireland" title="1915 in Ireland">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_in_Ireland" title="1916 in Ireland">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_in_Ireland" title="1917 in Ireland">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_in_Ireland" title="1918 in Ireland">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_in_Ireland" title="1919 in Ireland">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_in_Ireland" title="1920 in Ireland">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_in_Ireland" title="1921 in Ireland">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_in_Ireland" title="1922 in Ireland">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_in_Ireland" title="1923 in Ireland">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_in_Ireland" title="1924 in Ireland">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_in_Ireland" title="1925 in Ireland">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_in_Ireland" title="1926 in Ireland">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_Ireland" title="1927 in Ireland">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_Ireland" title="1928 in Ireland">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_Ireland" title="1929 in Ireland">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_Ireland" title="1930 in Ireland">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_Ireland" title="1931 in Ireland">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_Ireland" title="1932 in Ireland">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_Ireland" title="1933 in Ireland">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_Ireland" title="1934 in Ireland">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_Ireland" title="1935 in Ireland">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_Ireland" title="1936 in Ireland">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_Ireland" title="1937 in Ireland">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_Ireland" title="1938 in Ireland">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_Ireland" title="1939 in Ireland">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Ireland" title="1940 in Ireland">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_Ireland" title="1941 in Ireland">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_Ireland" title="1942 in Ireland">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_Ireland" title="1943 in Ireland">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_Ireland" title="1944 in Ireland">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_Ireland" title="1945 in Ireland">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_Ireland" title="1946 in Ireland">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_Ireland" title="1947 in Ireland">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_Ireland" title="1948 in Ireland">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_Ireland" title="1949 in Ireland">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_Ireland" title="1950 in Ireland">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_Ireland" title="1951 in Ireland">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_Ireland" title="1952 in Ireland">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_Ireland" title="1953 in Ireland">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_Ireland" title="1954 in Ireland">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_Ireland" title="1955 in Ireland">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_Ireland" title="1956 in Ireland">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_Ireland" title="1957 in Ireland">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_Ireland" title="1958 in Ireland">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Ireland" title="1959 in Ireland">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_Ireland" title="1960 in Ireland">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_Ireland" title="1961 in Ireland">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_Ireland" title="1962 in Ireland">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_Ireland" title="1963 in Ireland">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_Ireland" title="1964 in Ireland">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_Ireland" title="1965 in Ireland">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_Ireland" title="1966 in Ireland">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_Ireland" title="1967 in Ireland">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_Ireland" title="1968 in Ireland">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_Ireland" title="1969 in Ireland">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_in_Ireland" title="1970 in Ireland">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_in_Ireland" title="1971 in Ireland">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_Ireland" title="1972 in Ireland">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_Ireland" title="1973 in Ireland">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_Ireland" title="1974 in Ireland">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_Ireland" title="1975 in Ireland">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_Ireland" title="1976 in Ireland">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_Ireland" title="1977 in Ireland">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_Ireland" title="1978 in Ireland">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_Ireland" title="1979 in Ireland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_Ireland" title="1980 in Ireland">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_Ireland" title="1981 in Ireland">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_Ireland" title="1982 in Ireland">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_Ireland" title="1983 in Ireland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_Ireland" title="1984 in Ireland">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_Ireland" title="1985 in Ireland">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_Ireland" title="1986 in Ireland">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_Ireland" title="1987 in Ireland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_Ireland" title="1988 in Ireland">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_Ireland" title="1989 in Ireland">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_Ireland" title="1990 in Ireland">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_Ireland" title="1991 in Ireland">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_Ireland" title="1992 in Ireland">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_Ireland" title="1993 in Ireland">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_Ireland" title="1994 in Ireland">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_Ireland" title="1995 in Ireland">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_Ireland" title="1996 in Ireland">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_Ireland" title="1997 in Ireland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_Ireland" title="1998 in Ireland">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_Ireland" title="1999 in Ireland">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_Ireland" title="2000 in Ireland">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="21st_century" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">21st century</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_Ireland" title="2001 in Ireland">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_Ireland" title="2002 in Ireland">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_Ireland" title="2003 in Ireland">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_Ireland" title="2004 in Ireland">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_Ireland" title="2005 in Ireland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_Ireland" title="2006 in Ireland">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_Ireland" title="2007 in Ireland">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Ireland" title="2009 in Ireland">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Ireland" title="2010 in Ireland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Ireland" title="2011 in Ireland">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_Ireland" title="2012 in Ireland">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_Ireland" title="2013 in Ireland">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_Ireland" title="2014 in Ireland">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_Ireland" title="2015 in Ireland">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_Ireland" title="2016 in Ireland">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_Ireland" title="2017 in Ireland">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_Ireland" title="2018 in Ireland">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_Ireland" title="2019 in Ireland">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_Ireland" 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