1991 in Ireland - Definition

See also: 1990 in Ireland, other events of 1991, 1992 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 1 - Limerick City celebrates 300 years of the Treaty of Limerick.
• January 6 - The Irish Government and the EC Commission meet in Dublin to officially launch the Irish EC Presidency.
• January 17 - There controversy as the government allows US war planes to refuel at Shannon Airport.
• January 24 - The new Government Buildings in the renovated College of Science are officiall opened.
• February 7 - The IRA fires mortar bombs at 10 Downing Street in London.
• March 14 - After spending 16 years in prison the Birmingham Six are freed.
• March 16 - Dublin is officially inaugurated as the European City of Culture.
• June 26 - The convictions of the Maguire Seven are quashed.
• November 6 - Kildare TD Seán Power proposes a no-confidence motion in Charles Haughey's leadership.
• November 7 - The Minister for Finance, Albert Reynolds, is sacked from the government over his intention to support the no-confidence motion.
• November 13 - Jim McDaid, the new Defence Minister, resigns following criticism from the opposition over his attendance at an IRA funeral.

Arts and literature

Sports

• Frank O'Mara wins the world indoor 3000m championship for the second time.
• Eddie Jordan enters his Jordan team in the World Formula One Championship, becoming the first Irish-based constructor in Formula One.
• October 19 - Seán Kelly wins the Tour of Lombardy.

Births

Deaths

• February 19 - Thekla Beere, civil servant.
• March 25 - Theodora Fitzgibbon, film-maker.
• May 19 - Philip Townshend Somerville-Large, engineer.
• May 22 - Valentin Iremonger, poet and diplomat.
• November 10 - Mitchel Cogley, jornalist.
• November - George Otto Simms, Archbishop of Armagh.
• December 1 - Pat O'Callaghan, athlete and Olympic gold-medallist.