- 1988 in Ireland
Events
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January 1 - Dublin City begins its millennium celebrations.
*January 11 -John Hume andGerry Adams have a surprise meeting inBelfast .
*January 15 - Former Nobel Prize-winnerSeán MacBride dies aged 83.
*March 6 - The SAS kills three unarmed members of the IRA inGibraltar .
*March 7 - It is agreed that a millennium fountain called the Anna Livia Fountain is to be built on O'Connell Street.
*March 16 - Three men are killed and 70 are wounded in a gun and grenade attack on mourners in Milltown Cemetery during the funerals of three IRA members.
*March 19 - 5,000 people turn out for an anti-apartheid rally at the GPO inDublin .
*March 22 - Tributes are paid toAran Islands poetMáirtín Ó Direáin at his funeral inDublin .
*April 16 - TheIrish National Lottery launches its national live draw, "the Lotto".
*June 15 - The IRA kills six British soldiers in a bomb attack in Lisburn.
*July 10 -Dublin celebrates its official 1,000th birthday.
*July 18 -Nelson Mandela , the jailed anti-apartheid leader, is awarded the freedom of Dublin City.
*August 11 - The Department of Health launches an information booklet as the number ofAIDS cases increases dramatically.
*August 28 -Leopardstown Racecourse celebrates its 100th birthday.
*September 12 - Archbishop Thomas Morris resigns asArchbishop of Cashel
*September 12 -Dermot Clifford appointedArchbishop of Cashel
*October 8 - A tax amnesty brings in over £500 million.
*October 17 - The IRTC is established to regulate radio and television services outside the RTE umbrella.
*November 16 - Minister for FinanceRay MacSharry is appointed Ireland's new EC Commissioner.Arts and literature
Ireland hosts the Eurovision Song Contest
port
Cycling
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13 March - Seán Kelly wins theParis -Nice cycle race for the seventh year in a row.
*15 May - Seán Kelly wins the tour of Spain cycle race.Gaelic football
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Meath GAA beatCork GAA 0-13 to 0-9 inCroke Park to win a second consecutiveAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship title.Hurling
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Galway GAA beatTipperary GAA 1-15 to 0-14 inCroke Park to win a second consecutiveAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship title.occer
*The Republic of Ireland plays in the European Championship finals for the first time.
*12 June - The Republic of Ireland celebrates a win over England 1-0 at Euro 88.Golf
*Carroll's Irish Open is won by
Ian Woosnam (Wales ).
*16 October - Ireland (Eamonn Darcy ,Ronan Rafferty ,Des Smyth ) wins theDunhill Cup at St Andrew's.Births
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15 January -Padraig Amond , soccer player.
*23 January -Alan Power , soccer player.
*29 January -Owen Garvan , soccer player.
*21 February -Darren Forsyth , soccer player.
*22 February -Robert Bayly , soccer player.
*4 March -Timmy Purcell , soccer player.
*2 May - Stephen Henderson, soccer player.
*21 May -Adam Rooney , soccer player.
*25 July - Anthony Stokes, soccer player.
*14 September -Shane Tracy , soccer player.
*22 September - Keith Quinn, soccer player.Full date unknown
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Séamus Hickey , Limerick hurler.Deaths
January to June
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1 January -Sister Philippa Brazill , nurse inAustralia (b.1896).
*1 January -Dan Spring , Gaelic footballer, trade unionist andIrish Labour Party TD (b.1910).
*15 January -Seán MacBride , formerClann na Poblachta TD, Cabinet Minister andNobel Peace Prize Winner (b.1904).
*2 February -Frederick Blaney , cricketer (b.1918).
*6 February -Paschal (PV) Doyle , hotelier and builder, founder Doyle Hotel Group.
*24 February - Tommy O'Brien, journalist and broadcaster.
*10 May -Ciaran Bourke , musician, one of the original members of theThe Dubliners (b.1936).July to December
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17 July - Frank Carter,Fianna Fáil TD,Seanad member.
*10 October -Sonny Hool , cricketer (b.1924).
*27 October -Frank Devlin , badminton player (b.1900).
*12 December -Seán Dowling , revolutionary and playwright.
*7 December -Peter Langan , restaurateur.
*8 December -John Joe McGirl , chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (b.1921).
*21 December -Eithne Dunne , actress.
*22 December -Jack Bowden , cricketer and hockey player (d.1916).Full date unknown
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Tommy Breen , international soccer player (b.1912).
*Robert Dudley Edwards , historian (b.1909).
*E. Chambré Hardman , photographer (b.1898).
*Terry Leahy, Kilkenny hurler (b.1918).
*Máirtín Ó Direáin , poet (b.1910).
*Nick O'Donnell , Kilkenny and Wexford hurler (b.1925).
*Tommy Potts , fiddle player (b.1912).
*Ed Reavy , fiddle player and songwriter (b.1897).
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