1999 in Ireland

Events

* January 4 - The Euro makes its debut on European financial markets.
* January 13 - Derek Hill becomes the eleventh honorary citizen of Ireland.
* February 5 - New legislation changes the name of the RSI No to the Personal Public Service Number and expands its use.
* March 31 - The Irish Land Commission is dissolved.
* May 21 - Gay Byrne hosts his last "Late Late Show" after 37 years.
* May 22 - The electorate of the entire island of Ireland go to the polls to vote on the Good Friday Agreement.
* May 23 - People North and South give their overwhelming support to the Good Friday Agreement.
* August 11 - Ireland joins the world and watches the last solar eclipse of the millennium.
* August 28 - 80,000 fans see the Robbie Williams concert at Slane Castle, County Meath.
* October 12 - Peter Mandelson arrives in Belfast as the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
* October 20 - President McAleese leads tributes to the former Taoiseach Jack Lynch who died aged 82.
* November 29 - Ten designated ministers are appointed to the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly.
* December 2 - The Irish Government ratifies changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Direct rule from Westminster in Northern Ireland ends.
* December 13 - The first meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council takes place in Armagh.
* December 31 - The last sunset of the millennium occurs at 4.41 p.m. at Dursey Head in west CorkFact|date=February 2007.

Arts and literature

*November 1 - Sligo boyband, Westlife released their first album. To date, they are the only artist to have 7 singles straight at UK number one.

port

Gaelic football

*Meath GAA beat Cork GAA 1-11 to 1-8 to win their second All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in four years.

Golf

*Murphy's Irish Open is won by Sergio García] (Spain).

Hurling

*Cork GAA beat Kilkenny GAA 0-13 to 0-12 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1990.

occer

* St Patrick's Athletic win the Football League of Ireland for the 3rd time in 4 years.

Births

Deaths

January to June

*15 January - Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (b.1919).
*28 January - Markey Robinson, artist (b.1918).
*8 February - Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher (b.1919).
*22 February - Pat Upton, Irish Labour Party TD (b.1944).
*25 April - William McCrea, astronomer and mathematician (b.1904).
*25 April - Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, journalist, author, sports official and sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (b.1914).
*19 May - Victor Bewley.
*23 May - Cathal Gannon, harpsichord maker and fortepiano restorer (b.1910).
*15 June - Fred Tiedt, boxer (b.1935).

July to December

*17 July - Donal McCann, actor (b.1943).
*27 July - Malachi Martin, Roman Catholic priest and author (b.1921).
*21 August - Noel Larmour, cricketer and diplomat (b.1916).
*21 August - Maurice Gerard Moynihan, civil servant and writer (b.1902).
*24 August - Eithne Strong, poet.
*13 October - Michael Hartnett, poet (b.1941).
*15 October - Josef Locke, tenor (b.1917).
*20 October - Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil (b.1917).
*October - Micheál Cranitch, Fianna Fáil politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann in 1973. (b.1912).
*14 November - Brian Ó Cuív, son-in-law of Eamon de Valera, Celtic scholar and author.
*29 November - Michael O'Halloran, politician in the UK (b.1933).
*30 December - Tom Aherne, soccer player (b.1919).

Full date unknown

*Manliff Barrington, motorcycle racer (b.1910).