Editing 1996 in Ireland (section)

==Arts and literature==
* 1 February – [[Martin McDonagh]]'s black comedy ''[[The Beauty Queen of Leenane]]'' was premiered by the [[Druid Theatre Company]] in [[Galway]].
* 11 February – The television drama series ''[[Ballykissangel]]'' first aired. It was made by [[BBC Northern Ireland]] and set in a rural Irish community.
* 18 May – Ireland won 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]].
* 7 August – [[Marie Jones]]' play ''[[Stones in His Pockets]]'' was premiered in Belfast.
* 26 September – [[Enda Walsh]]'s play ''Disco Pigs'' was premiered by the [[Corcadorca Theatre Company]] at the Triskel Arts Centre in [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Playography Ireland|url=http://www.irishplayography.com/|publisher=Irish Theatre Institute|location=Dublin|access-date=2015-04-11}}</ref>
* 31 October – Ireland's first Irish language television station, [[TG4|Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG)]], was launched. On 3 November the soap opera ''[[Ros na Rún]]'' was first aired on the channel.
* 6 November – The film ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' was shown in Cork and Dublin.
*The following novels were published:
** ''[[Evening Class (novel)|Evening Class]]'' by [[Maeve Binchy]].
** ''[[Reading in the Dark]]'' by [[Seamus Deane]].
** ''Headbanger'' by [[Hugo Hamilton (writer)|Hugo Hamilton]].
** ''[[Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married]]'' by [[Marian Keyes]].
** ''[[The Story of the Night]]'' by [[Colm Tóibín]].