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{{Short description|List of events in Ireland in 2000}}
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** [[Liam Hamilton]] (until 1 June 2000)
** [[Liam Hamilton]] (until 1 June 2000)
** [[Ronan Keane]] (from 1 June 2000)
** [[Ronan Keane]] (from 1 June 2000)
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: [[Members of the 28th Dáil|28th]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: [[28th Dáil|28th]]
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: [[Members of the 21st Seanad|21st]]
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: [[21st Seanad|21st]]


==Events==
==Events==
===February===
===February===
* 3 February – [[John Gilligan (Irish criminal)|John Gilligan]]'s extradition from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges was completed.
* 3 February – The gangster [[John Gilligan (Irish criminal)|John Gilligan]] was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges.
* 11 February – the [[British government]] suspended [[devolution]] in [[Northern Ireland]].
* 11 February – The [[British government]] suspended [[devolution]] in Northern Ireland.


===April===
===April===
* 10 April
* 10 April
** The [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] system was extended southwards from [[Bray Daly railway station|Bray]] to [[Greystones railway station|Greystones]] and northwards from [[Howth Junction]] to [[Malahide railway station|Malahide]].
** The [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] rail system was extended southwards from [[Bray Daly railway station|Bray]] to [[Greystones railway station|Greystones]] and northwards from [[Howth Junction]] to [[Malahide railway station|Malahide]].
** The ambulance service regulator, the [[Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council]], was established.
** The ambulance service regulator, the [[Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council]], was established.
* Spring – [[Clive Cussler]]'s National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of {{RMS|Carpathia}} (sunk 1918) {{convert|120|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Fastnet Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|title=Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia|work=Titanic-Titanic.com|date=23 September 2000|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022092729/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|archive-date=22 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Spring – The American [[Clive Cussler]]'s National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of {{RMS|Carpathia}} (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west of [[Fastnet Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|title=Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia|work=Titanic-Titanic.com|date=23 September 2000|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022092729/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|archive-date=22 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===May===
===May===
* 5 May – [[The People in Need Trust]] holds its seventh event.
* 5 May – [[The People in Need Trust]] held its seventh event.
* 6 May – the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] began decommissioning its weapons.
* 6 May – The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] began decommissioning its weapons.
* 30 May – devolution returned to [[Northern Ireland]].
* 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland.


===July===
===July===
* 6 July – the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "[[:wikt:holy hour|holy hour]]" between 2 pm and 4 pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.<ref>[http://www.hayes-solicitors.ie/news/news_14_2000_June_10.htm Licensing law regime] Hayes Solicitors, July 2000.</ref>
* 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "[[:wikt:holy hour|holy hour]]" between 2&nbsp;pm and 4&nbsp;pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.<ref>[http://www.hayes-solicitors.ie/news/news_14_2000_June_10.htm Licensing law regime] Hayes Solicitors, July 2000.</ref>


===December===
===December===
* 12 December – President [[Bill Clinton]] of the [[United States]] arrived in [[Dublin]] beginning his [[List of international trips made by the President of the United States|last international trip as President]] and met with President [[Mary McAleese]] and [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]] and gave a speech in [[Dundalk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton arrives in Belfast|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1212/clinton.html|access-date=18 March 2011|newspaper=RTÉ News|date=12 December 2000}}</ref>
* 12 December – President [[Bill Clinton]] of the United States arrived in [[Dublin]] beginning his [[List of international trips made by the President of the United States|last international trip as President]]. He met President [[Mary McAleese]], [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]], and gave a speech in [[Dundalk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton arrives in Belfast|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1212/clinton.html|access-date=18 March 2011|newspaper=RTÉ News|date=12 December 2000}}</ref>
* 13 December – Bill Clinton met with the political leaders of [[Northern Ireland]].
* 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland.
* 31 December – Ireland celebrated as the 20th century drew to a close.


==Arts and literature==
==Arts and literature==
* 7 February – the [[Chester Beatty Library]] opened in its new premises in the grounds of [[Dublin Castle]].
* 7 February – The [[Chester Beatty Library]] opened in its new premises in the grounds of [[Dublin Castle]].
* 31 October – boyband [[Westlife]] scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this.
* 31 October – Boyband [[Westlife]] scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this.
* December – the quarterly cultural magazine ''[[The Dublin Review]]'' was launched by Brendan Barrington.
* December – The quarterly cultural magazine ''[[The Dublin Review]]'' was launched by Brendan Barrington.
* [[John Banville]]'s novel ''[[Eclipse (John Banville novel)|Eclipse]]'' was published.
* [[John Banville]]'s novel ''[[Eclipse (John Banville novel)|Eclipse]]'' was published.
* [[Anne Enright]]'s novel ''What Are You Like?'' was published.
* [[Anne Enright]]'s novel ''What Are You Like?'' was published.
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===Association football===
===Association football===
[[Shelbourne FC|Shelbourne]] won the double of the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] and the [[FAI Cup]] for the first time in their history.
[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] won the double of the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] and the [[FAI Cup]] for the first time in their history.
They then knocked out Macedonian side [[FK Sloga Jugomagnat|Sloga Jugomagnat]] in the first round of the [[UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers. Their 1–0 win in [[Skopje]] was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.
They then knocked out Macedonian side [[FK Sloga Jugomagnat|Sloga Jugomagnat]] in [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds|the first round]] of the [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers. Their 1–0 win in [[Skopje]] was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.


===Gaelic games===
===Gaelic games===
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==Births==
==Births==
* [[26 January]] – [[Heather Payne]], footballer
* [[14 January]] – [[Jonathan Afolabi]], footballer
* [[26 January]] – [[Heather Payne]], footballer
* [[28 January]] – [[Aaron Connolly (Irish footballer)|Aaron Connolly]], footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Conolly |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/21653/Aaron-Connolly/overview |website=premierleague.com |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref>
* [[1 February]] – [[Gavin Kilkenny]], footballer
* [[1 February]] – [[Gavin Kilkenny]], footballer
* [[25 March]] – [[Conor Coventry]], English-born footballer
* [[25 March]] – [[Conor Coventry]], English-born footballer
* [[4 May]] – [[Ciaran Booth]], English-born rugby union player
* [[6 July]] – [[Michael Obafemi]], footballer
* [[6 July]] – [[Michael Obafemi]], footballer
* [[28 July]] – [[Lee O'Connor (footballer)|Lee O'Connor]], footballer
* [[28 July]] – [[Lee O'Connor (footballer)|Lee O'Connor]], footballer
* [[7 August]] – [[Jordanne Jones]], actress
* [[7 August]] – [[Jaze Kabia]], footballer
* [[16 October]] – [[David Rawle]], actor
* [[16 October]] – [[David Rawle]], actor
* [[2 November]] – [[Demi Isaac Oviawe]], [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]]-born actress
* [[2 November]] – [[Demi Isaac Oviawe]], [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]]-born actress
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* [[25 February]] – [[Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)|Tom McEllistrim]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1926)
* [[25 February]] – [[Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)|Tom McEllistrim]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1926)
* [[6 March]] – [[Jonathan Philbin Bowman]], journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
* [[6 March]] – [[Jonathan Philbin Bowman]], journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
* [[20 April]] – [[Death of John Carthy|John Carthy]], shot dead by An [[Garda Síochána]] (b. 1972)
* [[20 April]] – [[Death of John Carthy|John Carthy]], shot dead by the [[Garda Síochána]] (b. 1972)
* [[7 June]] – [[Mona Tyndall]], missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
* [[7 June]] – [[Mona Tyndall]], missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
* [[10 June]] – [[Frank Patterson]], tenor (b. 1938)
* [[10 June]] – [[Frank Patterson]], tenor (b. 1938)
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* [[14 August]] – [[John Boland (Fine Gael politician)|John Boland]], senior [[Fine Gael]] politician (b. 1944)
* [[14 August]] – [[John Boland (Fine Gael politician)|John Boland]], senior [[Fine Gael]] politician (b. 1944)
* [[18 October]] – [[James Gill (Irish cricketer)|James Gill]], cricketer (b. 1911)
* [[18 October]] – [[James Gill (Irish cricketer)|James Gill]], cricketer (b. 1911)
* [[8 November]] – [[Brian Boydell]], composer, professor of music at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] (b. 1917)
* [[8 November]] – [[Brian Boydell]], composer, professor of music at [[Trinity College Dublin]] (b. 1917)
* [[18 November]] – [[Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh]], [[physicist]] (b. 1933)
* [[18 November]] – [[Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh]], [[physicist]] (b. 1933)
* [[21 November]] – [[Paddy Flanagan]], cyclist (b. 1941)
* [[21 November]] – [[Paddy Flanagan]], cyclist (b. 1941)

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The following lists events that happened during the year 2000 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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April

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May

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July

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  • 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "holy hour" between 2 pm and 4 pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.[2]

December

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Arts and literature

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Sport

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Association football

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Shelbourne won the double of the League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup for the first time in their history. They then knocked out Macedonian side Sloga Jugomagnat in the first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Their 1–0 win in Skopje was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. Rosenborg of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

Gaelic games

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Golf

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Births

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Deaths

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January to June

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Francis Stuart
Frank Patterson (statue)

July to December

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia". Titanic-Titanic.com. 23 September 2000. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ Licensing law regime Hayes Solicitors, July 2000.
  3. ^ "Clinton arrives in Belfast". RTÉ News. 12 December 2000. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Aaron Conolly". premierleague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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