2009 in Ireland
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*8 September - [[Stephen White (footballer)|Stephen White]], [[Louth GAA|Louth]] [[Gaelic football]]er included in the [[Team of the Century]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0908/1224254067930.html|title=Death of Stephen White|date=2009-09-08|accessdate=2009-09-08|publisher=''[[The Irish Times]]''}}</ref> |
*8 September - [[Stephen White (footballer)|Stephen White]], [[Louth GAA|Louth]] [[Gaelic football]]er included in the [[Team of the Century]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0908/1224254067930.html|title=Death of Stephen White|date=2009-09-08|accessdate=2009-09-08|publisher=''[[The Irish Times]]''}}</ref> |
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*14 September - [[Darren Sutherland]], 27, [[Boxing|boxer]], [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic bronze medalist]], [[suicide]] by [[Suicide methods#Hanging|hanging]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0915/sutherlandd.html|title=Tributes paid to Olympic boxer|date=2009-09-15|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/15/frank-maloney-darren-sutherland|title=Frank Maloney treated for heart attack after death of Darren Sutherland|date=2009-09-15|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref> |
*14 September - [[Darren Sutherland]], 27, [[Boxing|boxer]], [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic bronze medalist]], [[suicide]] by [[Suicide methods#Hanging|hanging]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0915/sutherlandd.html|title=Tributes paid to Olympic boxer|date=2009-09-15|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/15/frank-maloney-darren-sutherland|title=Frank Maloney treated for heart attack after death of Darren Sutherland|date=2009-09-15|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref> |
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*17 September - [[Frank Deasy]], 49, [[Emmy Award]]-winning screen writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8261774.stm|title=Death of award-winning TV writer|date=2009-09-17|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="Irish Emmy winner Frank Deasy dies">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0918/deasyf.html|title=Irish Emmy winner Frank Deasy dies|date=2009-09-18|accessdate=2009-09-18|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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*17 September - [[Frank Deasy]], 49, [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8261774.stm|title=Death of award-winning TV writer|date=2009-09-17|accessdate=2009-09-17|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="Irish Emmy winner Frank Deasy dies">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0918/deasyf.html|title=Irish Emmy winner Frank Deasy dies|date=2009-09-18|accessdate=2009-09-18|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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*22 September - [[Edward Delaney]], 79, sculptor—[[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Davis]] and [[Wolfe Tone]] memorials in Dublin.<ref name="Edward Delaney obituary: Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin">{{cite web|author=PJ Gillan|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary|title=Edward Delaney obituary: Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin|date=2009-10-19|accessdate=2009-10-24|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref>
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*22 September - [[Edward Delaney]], 79, [[Sculpture|sculptor]]—[[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Davis]] and [[Wolfe Tone]] memorials in Dublin.<ref name="Edward Delaney obituary: Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin">{{cite web|author=PJ Gillan|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary|title=Edward Delaney obituary: Controversial Irish sculptor famous for two large public monuments in Dublin|date=2009-10-19|accessdate=2009-10-24|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref>
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*6 October] - [[Aengus Finucane]], 77, [[priest]], [[Chief Executive]] of [[Concern Worldwide]] (1981–1997), after short illness.<ref name="Concern's Fr Aengus Finucane dies">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1006/finucanea.html|title=Concern's Fr Aengus Finucane dies|date=2009-10-06|accessdate=2009-10-14|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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*6 October - [[Aengus Finucane]], 77, [[priest]], [[Chief Executive]] of [[Concern Worldwide]] (1981–1997), after short illness.<ref name="Concern's Fr Aengus Finucane dies">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1006/finucanea.html|title=Concern's Fr Aengus Finucane dies|date=2009-10-06|accessdate=2009-10-14|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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*10 October - [[Stephen Gately]], 33, [[Boyzone]] singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6869799.ece|title=Boyzone star Stephen Gately found dead|date=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-11|publisher=[[The Times]]}}</ref> |
*10 October - [[Stephen Gately]], 33, [[Boyzone]] singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6869799.ece|title=Boyzone star Stephen Gately found dead|date=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-11|publisher=[[The Times]]}}</ref> |
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*11 October - [[Peter Callanan]], 74, [[politician]], member of the [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]] (since 1997).<ref name="FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html|title=FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork|date=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-14|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> |
*11 October - [[Peter Callanan]], 74, [[politician]], member of the [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]] (since 1997).<ref name="FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1011/callananp.html|title=FF Senator Callanan dies in Co Cork|date=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-14|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> |
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*27 October - [[Frank Brady, Jr.]], [[Association football]]er, [[cancer]].<ref name="Death of '68 Cup winner Frank Brady">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/bradyf.html|title=Death of '68 Cup winner Frank Brady|date=2009-10-27|accessdate=2009-10-31|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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*27 October - [[Frank Brady, Jr.]], [[association football]]er, [[cancer]].<ref name="Death of '68 Cup winner Frank Brady">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1027/bradyf.html|title=Death of '68 Cup winner Frank Brady|date=2009-10-27|accessdate=2009-10-31|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref>
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| + | *1 November - [[Seán Mac Fionnghaile]], 57, [[actor]], [[cancer]].<ref name="Actor dies after battle with cancer">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/actor-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-1930809.html|title=Actor dies after battle with cancer|date=2009-11-02|accessdate=2009-11-04|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> |
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| + | *2 November - [[Beverley O'Sullivan]], 28, [[Singing|singer]] and [[Actor|actress]], [[Traffic collision|car crash]].<ref name="Irish singer dies in India car crash">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1103/osullivanb.html|title=Irish singer dies in India car crash|date=2009-11-02|accessdate=2009-11-04|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref name="Irishwoman dies in India car crash">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1103/breaking32.htm|title=Irishwoman dies in India car crash|date=2009-11-03|accessdate=2009-11-04|publisher=''[[The Irish Times]]''}}</ref> |
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2009 in Ireland has seen the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, the loss of thousands of jobs at the Dell plant in Limerick and the Waterford Crystal plant in Waterford as unemployment breaks state records and extreme weather conditions disrupt schools, air and road traffic but not students who protested on the streets of Dublin in numbers of around 15,000 or workers who followed them in numbers of 120,000.
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Incumbents
- President - Mary McAleese
- Taoiseach - Brian Cowen
- Tánaiste - Mary Coughlan
- First Minister - Peter Robinson
- Deputy First Minister - Martin McGuinness
Events
January
- 1 January - Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs commences in Ireland.[1]
- 6 January - Father Michael Mernagh completes his nine-day 272 km atonement pilgrimage from Cobh to Dublin's Pro-Cathedral in repentance of the Roman Catholic Church's response to clerical child sex abuse.[2]
- 8 January - Dell announces the axing of almost 2,000 jobs at their Limerick manufacturing facility, with the total job loss predicted to rise to 10,000 in the region.[3]
- 9 January - Confidential documents from Letterkenny General Hospital are revealed to have been discovered in a public area of Derry.[4]
- 11 January - A woman dies in childbirth at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, County Kerry.[5]
- 17 January - A County Down woman is killed in extreme weather conditions when her car is struck by a tree.[6]
- 21 January - Anglo Irish Bank is nationalised when the President, Mary McAleese signs the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009.[7]
- 22 January - A County Roscommon woman is jailed for seven years after being convicted of incest, sexual abuse and neglect of her children.[8]
- 23 January - A suspicious fire in Moate, County Westmeath leads to the evacuation of an elderly man and his son when the roof of their adjacent house catches fire.[9]
- 30 January - After an announcement that the Waterford Crystal plant in Kilbarry is to shut down, its employees begin an unofficial sit-in which leads to some scuffles that damage the main door to the visitors' centre.[10] The sit-in continues until 22 March.[11]
February
- 2 February - Extreme weather conditions across the country causes disruption to transport services, including Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights and Bus Éireann routes.[12]
- 2 February - Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is blockaded and jostled out of NUI Galway by angry students protesting over the reintroduction of fees as he attempts to lecture the Literary and Debating Society.[13]
- 4 February - Unemployment reaches 9.2% with record figures of 326,100 signing onto the live register. It is the highest monthly increase in 40 years with an average 1,500 people being laid off daily.[14][15][16]
- 4 February - An estimated 15,000 students protest in Dublin at the threatened reintroduction of university fees, blockading government buildings for a time in the process.[17]
- 12 February - A man is arrested after threatening to set fire to himself outside Government Buildings in Dublin.[18]
- 17 February - Irish Nationwide Chairman Michael Walsh resigns over his involvement in the Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy.[19]
- 21 February - Up to 120,000 people march in Dublin in protest at how the Government is handling the economic crisis.[20]
- 24 February - Gardaí raid the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.[21][22]
- 25 February - 2,000 members of the Garda Síochána march through the streets of Dublin.[23]
- 25 February - The Irish Times suspends supply of its newspapers to the retailer Dunnes.[24]
- 27 February - Bank of Ireland robbery
March
- 2 March - Martin Cullen, a politician, is involved in an incident with an aircraft.[25]
- 5 March - A number of items belonging to the Michael Jackson go on view in County Kildare.[26]
- 6 March - The Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses an appeal by Joe O'Reilly against his conviction for the murder of his wife, Rachel Callely, in October 2004.[27]
- 7 March - Two gunmen open fire on militants and civilians in County Antrim, as two militants are killed, two are injured and two civilians injured, both pizza delivery men.[citation needed] The Real IRA later claim responsibility.[citation needed]
- 13 March - Five people are hospitalised after a freak gas explosion destroys a house and closes Saint Anne's Square in the Temple Road area of Dublin.[28]
- 19 March - The poet Seamus Heaney is awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature, honouring him for his lifetime's work.[29]
April
- 8 April - The Supplementary Budget is announced by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan.[30]
- 25 April - The Red C opinion poll shows a big drop in support for the governing Fianna Fáil in the wake of early April's Supplementary Budget. Support for the party is down five points to 23%. Fine Gael, in Opposition, is ten points clear at 33%, an increase of two while Labour, also in Opposition, is also up two to 19%. [31]
- 27 April - Four people are tested after swine flu breaks out from Mexico.[32]
- 28 April - Tests on all four Irish people with suspected cases of swine flu at this time prove negative.[33]
- 29 April - Figures from the Central Statistics Office show a record 388,600 people on the Live Register; the figure has almost doubled in one year rising by 96%.[34]
- 30 April - The Department of Health and Children's Chief Medical Officer Doctor Tony Holohan confirms the first probable case of swine flu at a news briefing in Dublin.[35]
May
- 4 May - A UCD meteorology professor incorrectly predicts that the 2009 Irish summer would be "not only better than last year, but even better than the average Irish summer".[36]
- 6 May - RTÉ's chief economics editor George Lee is named as the Fine Gael nomination for the Dublin South by-election.[37]
- 11 May - Ryan Tubridy is named as the new presenter of The Late Late Show, replacing Pat Kenny. His first show as presenter was in September 2009.[38]
- 14 May - Ireland fail to progress to the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy's song "Et Cetera" was not one of the 10 selected from the second semi-final in Moscow.[39]
- 15 May - A 27-year-old man is shot dead and another man was wounded during an exchange of fire with gardaí during an attempted raid on a cash-in-transit van in Lucan in west Dublin.[40]
- 20 May - The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse report is published, the long-delayed investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades.[41]
- 25 May - A new stretch of motorway between Fermoy and Mitchelstown in north Cork opens to traffic nine months ahead of schedule.[42]
- 26 May - Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop is sentenced to two years incarceration for corruption, with the final six months suspended. He pleads guilty to five charges of corruption.[43]
- 29 May - Ireland's oldest brewery on South Main Street in Cork since at least 1650 and home to Beamish and Crawford since 1792, ceases operations.[44]
June
- 3 June - 2009's Leaving Certificate English Paper 2 is postponed for two days after it emerges that students in one County Louth centre had already seen the paper.[45]
- 5 June - The local elections take place along with the European Parliament elections.[46]
- 15 June - Mayoral elections are held in several towns and cities across Ireland.[47][48]
July
- 1 July - A woman dies after falling 20 miles off Mweelrea in County Mayo.[49]
- 3 July - GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki are abducted from their compound in Darfur.[50][51]
- 3 July - A child in Roxboro National School, County Roscommon is found to have a case of swine influenza.[52]
- 5 July - A man drowns after falling into the sea at Rosmoney, County Mayo.[53]
- 6 July - The Lisbon Treaty Bill is published.[54]
- 7 July - A 61-year-old woman is stabbed to death in Castlebar, County Mayo.[55] Her son is charged with her murder the following day.[56]
- 10 July - Ronnie Dunbar is sentenced to life imprisonment for the manslaughter of Melissa Mahon.[57]
- 10 July - An Irishman dies on a building site in New York, USA.[58]
- 16 July - The report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, also called An Bord Snip Nua, is published by UCD economist Colm McCarthy. It recommends €5.3 billion in potential savings, including 17,300 public service job cuts and a 5% drop in social welfare.[59]
- 23 July - The Defamation and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bills become law, after being signed by President Mary McAleese.[60]
- 30 July - Draft legislation to establish the National Asset Management Agency is published. The Bill proposes to give NAMA extensive powers to take over land and development loans from banks in an effort to get them lending again and supporting economic recovery.[61]
August
- 21 August - A section of the main Dublin to Belfast railway line collapses in Malahide in north Dublin. A 20 metre section of viaduct on the Broadmeadow estuary, between Malahide and Donabate gave way.[62] A preliminary assessment carried out on 24 August identifies significant erosion of the seabed as a possible reason for the collapse.[63]
September
- 1 September - At a civic reception Muhammad Ali is made the first Honorary Freeman of Ennis. Ali visits the birthplace of his great grandfather, Abe Grady, who left the town in the 1860s.[64] Ali later sends a letter of thanks to the people of Ennis.[65]
- 5 September - Apprentice jockey Jamie Kyne from Claregalway, County Galway is killed in a fire at his flat in Yorkshire, UK.[66][67]
- 6 September - Derry businessman Paul Houston is beaten to death whilst on holiday in Alvor, Portugal.[68]
- 9 September - The body of Shane O'Halloran, a 24-year-old Irishman who went missing after falling off a cruise ship in Australia, is recovered from the Brisbane River.[69]
- 13 September - The Dublin Bikes Scheme is launched.[70]
- 14 September - Ireland's 2008 Olympic bronze medalist boxer Darren Sutherland is found dead in London at the age of 27.[71] Hundreds of people attend his funeral one week later in Navan, County Meath.[72]
- 16 September - 21 people are injured, three seriously, after a collision involving a Luas tram and a double-decker bus on Dublin's O'Connell Street, the worst accident to date involving the Luas service.[73][74][75][76]
- 17 September - A fisherman dies after falling overboard whilst fishing for crabs and lobsters and becoming entangled in some ropes off Wexford.[77]
- 18 September - A man's corpse is found in a waste recycling facility near Listowel, County Kerry.[78]
- 18–20 September - The three-day Global Irish Economic Forum is held in Farmleigh House.[79]
- 20 September - The Government announces that a national postal code is to be introduced in 2011.[80][81]
- 20 September - A female tourist dies with serious head injuries after falling off Skellig Michael.[82][83]
- 21 September - Lisa Cummins and 16-year-old Owen O'Keefe set new records for swimming the English Channel.[84]
- 22 September - President Mary McAleese opens the National Ploughing Championships in Athy, County Kildare.[85]
- 27 September - The presence of swine influenza in Irish pigs is confirmed for the first time.[86]
- 30 September - Thousands of people protest in Dublin in relation to Colm McCarthy's An Bord Snip Nua proposals.[87]
October
- 1 October - A herd of llamas and two goats escape from a circus and disrupt traffic at the Red Cow interchange on the M50 motorway.[88] The animals are later stolen from a compound in Summerhill, County Meath.[89]
- 1 October - FÁS Chairman Peter McLoone reigns.[90]
- 2 October - The second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty takes place.[91] The treaty is passed with a 67% Yes vote.[92] Donegal votes No.[93][94][95]
- 10 October - Singer Stephen Gately dies in the Majorca apartment he shared with husband Andrew Cowles.[96] Thousands of people attend the funeral in Dublin one week later, including fans from South Africa and Taiwan.[97][98][99] His death attracts many tributes and much comment in the media.[100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111]
- 12 October - Two Air Corps pilots, 32-year-old Captain Derek Furniss from Rathfarnham, Dublin and 22-year-old Cadet David Jevens from Glynn, County Wexford, are killed when their plane crashes during a training flight in Connemara. Both are given military funerals.[112][113][114][115]
- 12 October - Aisling Symes, the daughter of an Irishman, disappears in New Zealand, prompting a week of searching until her body is found in a drain.[116][117][118][119][120][121]
- 13 October - Séamus Kirk is elected Ceann Comhairle following the resignation of John O'Donoghue over an expenses controversy.[122][123][124][125]
- 18 October - GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki are released after more than one hundred days in captivity in Darfur.[126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133]
- 22 October - Brazilian woman Joselita Silva is stabbed to death at her apartment in Tullamore, County Offaly.[134]
- 27 October - A tenth person is confirmed to have died from swine influenza in Ireland.[135]
- 30 October - ahead of Halloween, youths attack drivers on the M50 by throwing bottles, rocks, shoes and more at cars in order to rob tires of the cars for a Halloween bonfire.
November
- 1 November - The Gaelic Athletic Association celebrates its 125th anniversary.[139]
Sport
Boxing
- Bernard Dunne
- On 21 March, Bernard Dunne became the WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion at the O2 in Dublin.[140]
- On 21 September, Olympic medalist boxer Darren Sutherland died in his flat in England.
- On 26 September, he lost to Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym in the same venue after two minutes and 57 seconds of the third round.[141]
GAA
- 2009 All-Ireland Hurling season
- 2009 All-Ireland Football season
Golf
- 17 May, Offaly man Shane Lowry became just the third amateur to win a European Tour event by clinching the Irish Open in a playoff.[144]
Sailing
- 24 May, Leg 7 of the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race finishes in Galway Bay.[145]
Soccer
- Hosting
- 29 January - UEFA announces that the new Lansdowne Road would host the 2011 Europa League Final, the new title for the UEFA Cup.[146]
- League of Ireland
- 6 March - the League of Ireland season 2009 kicks off.
- Internationals
- 12 August – Republic of Ireland 0-3 Australia (Thomond Park, Limerick)[147]
- 8 September – Republic of Ireland 1-0 South Africa (Thomond Park, Limerick)[148]
- First ever Irish-based senior international matches to be played in the Mid-West and the first to be played outside Dublin in twenty-four years.[149] Training in County Tipperary.[149]
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- World Cup 2010 Qualifiers[150]
- 11 February - Republic of Ireland 2-1 Georgia[151]
- 28 March - Republic of Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria[152]
- 1 April - Italy 1-1 Republic of Ireland [153]
- 6 June - Bulgaria 1-1 Republic of Ireland [154]
- 5 September - Cyprus 1-2 Republic of Ireland [155]
- 10 October - Republic of Ireland 2-2 Italy[156]
- 14 October - Republic of Ireland 0-0 Montenegro[157][158]
- [Play-offs announced 19 October 2009][159]
- 14 November - Republic of Ireland v France [Playoff 1]
- 18 November - France v Republic of Ireland [Playoff 2]
Rallying
- 30 January - 1 February, Rally Ireland was held .[160] The rally was won by Sébastien Loeb. [161]
Rugby union
- 7 February - Ireland 30 - 21 France
- 15 February - Italy 9 - 38 Ireland
- 28 February - Ireland 14-13 England
- 14 March - Scotland 15 - 22 Ireland
- 21 March - Wales 15-17 Ireland
- 21 March - Ireland win the 2009 Six Nations Championship and Triple Crown as well as the Grand Slam for first time in 61 years.[163]
- 21 April - Paul O'Connell named as the captain of the British and Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa this summer along with 13 other Irish players. [164]
- 12 April - Muster and Leinster reach the semi finals. [165][166]
- 2 May - Leinster beat Munster 25-6 in the Heineken Cup semi-final at Croke Park in front of a world-record 82,208 attendance for a club match. [167]
- 23 May - Leinster beat Leicster in the Heinken cup final, the 4th time an Irish province has done so.
- 10 October - Munster and Leinster begin there Heineken cup season, with Leinster defending a tittle and Munster looking to win back the crown.
Deaths
- 2 January - Tony Gregory, 61, Independent TD sitting in Dáil Éireann, cancer.[168]
- 27 January - Connie Buckley, 93, former Cork hurler and oldest surviving All-Ireland-winning captain.[169]
- 7 February - Joe Haverty, 72, former Irish soccer player.[170]
- 12 February - Hugh Leonard, 82, playwright, long-term illness.[171]
- 15 February - John Rackard, 80, member of the famous Rackard hurling brothers from Wexford.[172]
- 18 February - Nell McCarthy, retired camogie player, manager and former president of the Camogie Association of Ireland.[173]
- 27 February - Joe Bruton, 99, prominent farmers' rights campaigner, journalist and father of Fine Gael politicians John and Richard Bruton.[174]
- 8 March - Anna Manahan, 84, Tony Award-winning actress of stage and screen.[175]
- 9 March - Frank Stockwell, 80, former Galway Gaelic footballer.[176]
- 23 March - Billy Rackard, 79, former Wexford hurler.[177]
- 7 April - Paddy O'Hanlon, barrister and SDLP politician (b.1944)
- 17 April - Kevin McConnell, 84, former Meath Gaelic footballer.[178]
- 19 April - Tony Kett, 57, Fianna Fáil Senator, long-term illness.[179]
- 27 April - Karl Mullen, 82, former Rugby Union player and Grand Slam-winning captain of 1948.[180]
- 28 April - Pearse Wyse, 81, Former Progressive Democrat founding member and former Lord Mayor of Cork.[181]
- 5 May - Philomena Garvey, 83, former golfer.[182]
- 9 May - David Marcus, 85, literary editor, after long illness.[183]
- 12 May - Roger Ryan, former Tipperary hurler.[184]
- 20 May - Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, former Ireland international goalkeeper. [185]
- 27 May - E. D. "Ned" Doyle, 90, military figure and analyst.[186]
- 31 May - Danny La Rue, 81, entertainer known for his singing and drag impersonations. [187]
- 1 June - Vincent O'Brien, 92, race horse trainer.[188]
- 13 June - Michael Collins, former Wexford hurler.[189]
- 28 June - Rita Keane, 86, traditional singer.[190]
- 29 June - Sheila Cloney, 83, leader of the Ne Temere decree incident or "Fethard Boycott".[191]
- 11 August - Nuala Fennell, 73, Fine Gael politician.[192]
- 16 August - Paul Healion, 31, cyclist, traffic collision.[193]
- 5 September - Jamie Kyne, 18, jockey, structure fire.[66]
- 8 September - Stephen White, Louth Gaelic footballer included in the Team of the Century in 1984.[194]
- 14 September - Darren Sutherland, 27, boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, suicide by hanging.[195][196]
- 17 September - Frank Deasy, 49, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter.[197][198]
- 22 September - Edward Delaney, 79, sculptor—Thomas Davis and Wolfe Tone memorials in Dublin.[199]
- 6 October - Aengus Finucane, 77, priest, Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide (1981–1997), after short illness.[200]
- 10 October - Stephen Gately, 33, Boyzone singer.[201]
- 11 October - Peter Callanan, 74, politician, member of the Seanad (since 1997).[202]
- 27 October - Frank Brady, Jr., association footballer, cancer.[203]
- 1 November - Seán Mac Fionnghaile, 57, actor, cancer.[204]
- 2 November - Beverley O'Sullivan, 28, singer and actress, car crash.[205][206]
See also
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External links
- "The Month In Pictures: January 2009" - Irish sport
