[edit] Events [edit] Arts and literature - November 1 - Sligo boyband, Westlife released their first album. To date, they are the only artist to have 7 singles straight at UK number one.
[edit] Hurling [edit] Soccer [edit] Births [edit] Deaths [edit] January to June - 15 January - Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (b.1919).
- 28 January - Markey Robinson, artist (b.1918).
- 8 February - Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (b.1919).
- 22 February - Pat Upton, Irish Labour Party TD (b.1944).
- 25 April - William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (b.1904).
- 25 April - Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist, author, sports official and sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (b.1914).
- 19 May - Victor Bewley.
- 23 May - Cathal Gannon, harpsichord maker and fortepiano restorer (b.1910).
- 15 June - Fred Tiedt, boxer (b.1935).
[edit] July to December - 17 July - Donal McCann, actor (b.1943).
- 27 July - Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic priest and author (b.1921).
- 21 August - Noel Larmour, cricketer and diplomat (b.1916).
- 21 August - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (b.1902).
- 24 August - Eithne Strong, poet.
- 13 October - Michael Hartnett, poet (b.1941).
- 15 October - Josef Locke, tenor (b.1917).
- 20 October - Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil (b.1917).
- October - Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (b.1912).
- 14 November - Brian Ó Cuív, son-in-law of Eamon de Valera, Celtic scholar and author.
- 29 November - Michael O'Halloran, politician in the UK (b.1933).
- 30 December - Tom Aherne, soccer player (b.1919).
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