Editing 1996 in Ireland (section)

==Sport==

===Association football===
* [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] won the [[League of Ireland]].
* [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] won the [[FAI Cup]].

===Boxing===
* 9 March – [[Steve Collins]], "The Celtic Warrior", successfully defended his [[World Boxing Organization]] [[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|access-date=2012-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329154226/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=645&cat=boxer|archive-date=29 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Gaelic football===
* [[Meath GAA|Meath]] 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]] was won by [[Colin Montgomerie]] (Scotland).

===Hurling===
* [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] beat [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] final.  It was their first senior All-Ireland since 1968.

===Olympics===
* Swimmer [[Michelle Smith]] won three gold medals and one bronze in the Atlanta Olympics.