2016 in Ireland
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Events during the year 2016 in Ireland.
Contents
Incumbents
- President: Michael D. Higgins
- Taoiseach: Enda Kenny (FG)
- Tánaiste: Joan Burton (Lab)
- Chief Justice: Susan Denham
- Dáil: 31st (until February 3, 2016); 32nd (starting March 10, 2016)
Events
January
- Memorials and events marking the Centenary of the Easter Rising takes place nationwide throughout the year.
- Flooding takes place across the country causing widespread damage.
February
- 3 February – Taoiseach Enda Kenny dissolves the 31st Dáil and announces 26 February as the date of a general election.[1]
- 5 February – One man is killed and two other people are wounded during a shooting at the Regency Hotel in Dublin.[2]
- 8 February - Another man is shot dead in a gangland shooting in Dublin.
- 26 February - The 2016 general election takes place.[3]
March
- Talks on government formation begin.
- 10 March – The 32nd Dáil meets for the first time but fails to elect a Taoiseach.
- 20 March – Five members of the same family die after their car slips off the pier at Buncrana.[4]
- 27 March – A military parade takes place in Dublin city on Easter Sunday to commemorate the centenary of the start of the Easter Rising.
April
- Talks on government formation continue.
- 6 April – The 32nd Dáil again fails to elect a Taoiseach.
- 14 April - The 32nd Dáil fails for the third time to elect a Taoiseach. On the same day, an innocent man[who?] is shot dead in Dublin.
May
- Talks on government formation continue.
- 6 May – The 32nd Dáil at last elects a Taoiseach. The new cabinet is announced.
- 9 May – A gathering of naturists on Curracloe Strand is criticised by Mayor of Wexford Ger Carthy. No other complains are made. A spokesperson for the Irish Naturist Association (INA) states no one had asked the men and women, some carrying backpacks containing their picnics, to leave.[5]
Sports
Association football
Horse racing
- 18 March - Don Cossack, trained by Gordon Elliott in County Meath, wins the 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Europe's most prestigious steeplechase.[6]
Rio Olympics
- 21 February – Oliver Dingley qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first Irish diver to do so since 1948 (68 years).[7][8][9]
- 5-21 August - 50 athletes from Ireland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Amby Fogarty, 82, footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Cork Celtic and Cork Hibernians).[10]
- 5 January – Gerry O'Malley, 87, Gaelic footballer and hurler (Roscommon).[11]
- 6 January – Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, golfer.[12]
- 7 January – Patrick Connolly, 88, former Attorney General.[13]
- 15 January – P. J. Mara, 73, public affairs consultant and former senator, long illness.[14]
- 16 January – Molly Madden, 109, Ireland's oldest person.[15]
- 17 January – Billy Quinn, 80, hurler (Tipperary).[16]
- 19 January – John Corcoran, 56, Gaelic games administrator, heart attack.[17]
- 23 January – Micheál McGeary, 68, Gaelic games journalist.[18]
- 25 January – The O'Donovan, 84, hereditary chief of the O'Donovan family.[19]
- 30 January – Peter Quinn, 90, Gaelic footballer (Mayo).[20]
- 31 January – Terry Wogan, 77, broadcaster, cancer.[21]
February
- 2 February –
- 3 February – Mark Farren, 33, footballer (Derry City F.C.), cancer.[24]
- 7 February – Peter Turley, 33, Gaelic footballer (Down).[25]
- 15 February – Paul Bannon, 59, footballer (Cork City F.C.).[26]
- 17 February – George Redmond, 92, former Dublin county planning manager, short illness.[27]
- 18 February – Jimmy Donnelly, 87, footballer (Belfast Celtic F.C.).[28]
- 19 February – Din Joe Crowley, 70, Gaelic footballer (Kerry).[29]
- 23 February – Johnny Murphy, 72, actor, respiratory failure.[30]
- 26 February – Henry Comerford, 79, actor and solicitor.[31]
- 28 February –
- Frank Kelly, 77, actor, cancer.[32]
- Peter Keogh, 86, Gaelic games journalist.[33]
March
- 7 March – Adrian Hardiman, 64, Supreme Court judge.[34]
- 10 March –
- Jim McNamara, 76, athlete.[35]
- Larry Wren, 93, former Commissioner of an Garda Síochána.[36]
- 15 March –
- Robert Carrickford, 88, actor.[37]
- Dick Burke, 83, former Fine Gael politician and cabinet minister.[38]
- 16 March – Brian Smyth, 91, Gaelic footballer (Meath).[39]
- 19 March – Paddy Philpott, 79, hurler (Cork).[40]
- 22 March – Eugene Treanor, Gaelic footballer (Down).[41]
- 24 March – Brendan Sloan, 67, Gaelic footballer (Down).[42]
- 26 March – Paddy O'Brien, 91, Gaelic footballer (Meath).[43]
April
- 3 April – Seán O'Shea, 88, public relations guru.[44]
- 10 April – Michael John Shinnick, 62, former Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland. [45]
- 18 April – Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, British Army officer, aristocrat and media personality.[46]
- 20 April – James Downey, 82, former Irish Independent and Irish Times journalist.[47]
May
- 2 May – Basil Blackshaw, 84, artist.[48]
- 10 May – Jack Boothman, 80, former President of the GAA.[49]
- 14 May – Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, former professional golfer.[50]
- 16 May – Joey Maher, 82, former world handball champion.[51]
- 17 May – Seán Ardagh, 68, former Fianna Fáil politician, cancer.[52]
- 20 May – Joe McDonagh, 62, former Galway hurler and President of the GAA, short illness.[53]
References
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- ↑ Tributes paid to former Ireland player Ambrose ‘Amby’ Fogarty, irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Roscommon ‘colossus’ Gerry O’Malley passes away, irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Christy O’Connor Jnr dies suddenly aged 67, irishtimes.ie
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- ↑ PJ Mara obituary: flamboyant character who was central to FF for three decades , irishtimes.ie
- ↑ Ireland's oldest citizen dies aged 109 , rte.ie
- ↑ Billy Quinn, two-time All-Ireland minor winner with Tipperary and father of Niall, has died, independent.ie
- ↑ Cork GAA in mourning following the sudden death of former Rebels selector John Corcoran, independent.ie
- ↑ Death of GAA journalist Micheál McGeary, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Obituary: The O'Donovan, irishindependent.ie
- ↑ Death of Mayo All-Ireland winning priest, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Broadcaster Terry Wogan dies, aged 77, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Interference singer Fergus O'Farrell dies, independent.ie
- ↑ Death of former RTÉ journalist, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes pour in for Mark Farren who dies aged 33, irishexaminer.com
- ↑ GAA community in Down in shock after the sudden death of Peter Turley, independent.ie
- ↑ FAI pays tribute to the late Paul Bannon, rte.ie
- ↑ Late George Redmond disputed tribunal’s findings, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Jimmy Donnelly respected at Belfast Celtic and beyond, belfasttelegraph.co.uk
- ↑ Death of former Kerry great DJ Crowley, hoganstand.com
- ↑ 'The Commitments' actor Johnny Murphy, known for his role as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, dies aged 72, independent.ie
- ↑ Henry Comerford (1936-2016), solicitor and actor, dies in Galway, patrickcomerford.com
- ↑ Fr Ted star Frank Kelly passes away, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes pour in for Peter Keogh, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Supreme Court judge Adrian Hardiman dies, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Tributes pour in following the death of legendary Irish athlete Jim McNamara, independent.ie
- ↑ Former Garda commissioner Larry Wren dies aged 93, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Actor Robert Carrickford, Glenroe’s Stephen Brennan, dies, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Dick Burke, former minister for education, dies aged 83, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Death of 1949 Royal County captain, Brian Smyth, meathchronicle.ie
- ↑ The death has occurred of PATRICK (PAT) PHILPOTT, rip.ie
- ↑ Sad days for Down gaels with passing of Brendan Sloan and Eugene Treanor, irishnews.com
- ↑ Down legend Brendan Sloan passes away, hoganstand.com
- ↑ Death of legendary Meath full back, Paddy 'Hands' O'Brien, meathchronicle.ie
- ↑ Obituary: Sean ‘Chesty’ O’Shea, legendary PR man, independent.ie
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- ↑ President Higgins pays tribute to late Irish Independent columnist James Downey, independent.ie
- ↑ Death occurs of artist Basil Blackshaw, irishtimes.com
- ↑ Tributes pour in following the death of former GAA President Jack Boothman, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes paid as golfing great Christy O'Connor Senior passes away aged 91, independent.ie
- ↑ http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=255298 Drogheda's Joey Maher was a handball legend], hoganstand.com
- ↑ Former Fianna Fáil TD Sean Ardagh passes away, independent.ie
- ↑ Tributes paid to former GAA President Joe McDonagh who passed away after short illness, independent.ie
