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'{{Refimprove|date=April 2012}} {{YearInIrelandNav|1996}} ==Events== *January 24 - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles') as conditions for entry to all-party talks in [[Northern Ireland]]. *February 5 - The [[Football Association of Ireland]] appoint [[Mick McCarthy]] as the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]s manager. *February 9 - The [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] ends its ceasefire by exploding a huge bomb at Canary Wharf in London. *March 11 - The Hepatitis Tribunal opens in [[Dublin]]. *May 18 - [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996|Eurovision Song Contest]] for the seventh time with ''[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]'', sung by [[Eimear Quinn]] and composed by [[Brendan Graham]]. *June 6 - President [[Mary Robinson]] meets [[Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]], London. *June 7 - Detective Garda [[Jerry McCabe]] is shot dead by the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in Adare, [[County Limerick]]. *June 17 - [[Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland]] signed into law, repealing the absolute constitutional prohibition of [[divorce]] under terms of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1995. *June 26 - Crime reporter [[Veronica Guerin]] is shot in her car in [[Dublin]]. *September 25 - Last [[Magdalene asylum]] in the Republic closed. *October 31 - Ireland's first [[Irish language]] television station, [[TG4|Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG)]] launched. *November 6 - The film ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' is shown in [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and [[Dublin]]. *November 29 - It is revealed that [[Dunnes Stores]] paid £208,000 for an extension to Minister [[Michael Lowry]]'s house. *December 13 - On the opening day of a [[Dublin]] summit, EU leaders achieve a breakthrough in the argument over preparations for a single European currency. ==Arts and literature== * [[Maeve Binchy]]'s novel ''[[Evening Class (novel)|Evening Class]]'' is published. * [[Seamus Deane]]'s novel ''[[Reading in the Dark]]'' is published. * [[Colm Tóibín]]'s novel ''[[The Story of the Night]]'' is published. ==Sport== ===Gaelic football=== *[[Meath GAA]] beat [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]] in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] final, after a replay, to win their first title since 1988. ===Golf=== *[[Irish Open (golf)|Murphy's Irish Open]] is won by [[Colin Montgomerie]] ([[Scotland]]). ===Hurling=== *[[Wexford GAA]] beat [[Limerick GAA]] in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] final. It is their first senior All-Ireland since 1968. ===Olympics=== *Swimmer [[Michelle Smith]] wins three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics. ===Soccer=== * [[St Patrick's Athletic]] win the [[League of Ireland]] * [[Shelbourne FC|Shelbourne]] won the [[FAI Cup]] ===Boxing=== *March 9 - [[Steve Collins]], "The Celtic Warrior", successfully defends his [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[super middleweight]] title against Neville Brown at the [[Green Glens Arena]], [[Millstreet]], [[County Cork]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Collins|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=645&cat=boxer|work=BoxRec|accessdate=2012-04-06}}</ref> ==Births== * 5 January - [[Emma Bolger]], actress * 22 April - [[Jay Duffy]], actor ==Deaths== ===January to June=== *8 January - [[Joyce McCartan]], community activist. *12 February - [[James Camlin Beckett]], historian. *18 February - [[Cathal Ó Sándair]], writer (b.[[1922 in Ireland|1922]]). *9 March - [[Ollie Walsh]], [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] hurler (b.[[1937 in Ireland|1937]]). *5 April - [[Gerard L'Estange]], member of the [[Seanad]], [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]]. *22 April - [[Molly Keane]], novelist and playwright (b.[[1904 in Ireland|1904]]). *24 April - [[Tomás de Bhaldraithe]], Irish language scholar and lexicographer (b.[[1916 in Ireland|1916]]). *9 June - [[Patrick Flynn (Canadian politician)|Patrick Flynn]], [[Liberal Party of Canada]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] (b.[[1921 in Ireland|1921]]). *10 June - [[Peter Raftery]], diplomat. *26 June - [[Veronica Guerin]], journalist, murdered by drug dealers (b.[[1958 in Ireland|1958]]). ===July to December=== *9 July - [[Christopher Casson]], actor (b.1912). *16 July - [[Joe Dunn (priest)|Joe Dunn]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] and broadcaster. *6 August - [[Havelock Nelson]], composer and pianist (b.[[1917 in Ireland|1917]]). *18 August - [[Charles Mitchel]], actor and television newsreader, read the first [[RTÉ One|Telefís Éireann]] news bulletin in 1961 (b.[[1920 in Ireland|1920]]). *25 August - [[Erskine Barton Childers]], diplomat writer and broadcaster, son of [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|President Childers]] (b.[[1929 in Ireland|1929]]). *August - [[Kathleen Mills]], camogie player (b.[[1923 in Ireland|1923]]). *11 November - [[Liam Naughten]], Fine Gael politician, [[Cathaoirleach]] of [[Seanad Éireann]] from 1995 until his death. (b.[[1944 in Ireland|1944]]). *24 November - [[Michael O'Hehir]], sports commentator and journalist (b.[[1920 in Ireland|1920]]). ===Full date unknown=== *[[Seán 'ac Dhonncha]], traditional singer (b.[[1919 in Ireland|1919]]). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1996 In Ireland}} [[Category:Years of the 20th century in Ireland]] [[Category:1996 by country|Ireland]] [[Category:1996 in Ireland| ]] [[Category:1990s in Ireland]]'