Editing 1995 in Ireland

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Events from the year '''1995 in Ireland'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]: [[Mary Robinson]]
* [[Taoiseach]]: [[John Bruton]] ([[Fine Gael|FG]])
* [[Tánaiste]]: [[Dick Spring]] ([[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]])
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]: [[Ruairi Quinn]] ([[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]])
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]: [[Liam Hamilton]]
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: [[27th Dáil|27th]]
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: [[20th Seanad|20th]]

==Events==
* 27 January – [[Taoiseach]], [[John Bruton]], and [[Sinn Féin]] leader [[Gerry Adams]] held their first formal peace discussions.
* 2 February – President [[Mary Robinson]] addressed a joint session of the Houses of the [[Oireachtas]].
* 15 February – English football hooligans [[Lansdowne Road football riot|rioted at Lansdowne Road]] stadium in [[Dublin]] during a friendly match between [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] and [[England national football team|England]]. The match was abandoned with Ireland 1–0 ahead. There were over 70 injuries, most of them English. The English fans were escorted out of Ireland by [[Irish Army|the Army]].
* 22 February – The British Prime Minister, [[John Major]], and the Taoiseach, John Bruton, launched a peace framework document for Northern Ireland.
* 7 March – Sir [[Patrick Mayhew]], Northern Ireland Secretary, set out the conditions for Sinn Féin to join all-party peace talks, including "the actual decommissioning of some arms."
* 19 March – Dublin boxer [[Steve Collins]] beat world champion [[Chris Eubank]] to win the World Boxing Organization super middleweight championship title.
* 19 May – [[Elizabeth II]] and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] made a visit to Northern Ireland. On the same day US President [[Bill Clinton]] approved a visa for Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
* 25 May – The last edition of ''[[The Irish Press]]'' newspaper was published.
* 31 May – [[Charles III|The Prince of Wales]] began his first official visit to Dublin.
* 4 June – Ireland qualified for the quarterfinals of the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]].
* 13 August – Gerry Adams told a rally in [[Belfast]] that the [[Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) "haven't gone away."
* 9 September – [[David Trimble]] became leader of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]].
* 13 September – The Cabinet agreed the wording of a Constitutional Amendment on divorce.
* 25 September – The [[Censorship in the Republic of Ireland|Censorship of Publications Board]] removed a ban on the sale of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, following the magazine's appeal against the prohibition. The [[National Women's Council of Ireland]] protested against the removal of the ban, which had existed since 1961.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press|title=Censors lift ban on ''Playboy'' |publisher=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun-Journal]] |date=1995-09-27 |page=3A |url=https://news.google.ie/newspapers?id=JN0gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B2sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=playboy%20ireland&pg=2550%2C4757731 |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref>
* 1 November – Fianna Fáil party [[teachta dála]] (member of parliament) [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]] died aged 64.
* 2 November – A new blue-coloured £50 note featuring former president [[Douglas Hyde]] was issued.
* 11 November – [[Neil Blaney]], the longest serving member of the Dáil, was buried on the [[Fanad|Fanad Peninsula]] in County Donegal.
* 21 November – South Africa's deputy-President, [[F. W. de Klerk]], addressed a Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at [[Dublin Castle]].
* 24 November – In [[Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|the divorce referendum]], citizens voted narrowly to allow divorce. A vote recount two days later confirmed the result.
* 30 November – American President Bill Clinton and his wife [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary]] spent the day in Northern Ireland.
* 1 December – President Bill Clinton addressed both [[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]] in Dublin.<ref>[https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/press-centre/press-releases/20230405-president-of-the-united-states-joseph-r-biden-jr-to-address-joint-sitting-of-the-houses-of-the-oireachtas/ President of the United States, Joseph R Biden Jr to address joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas] Houses of the Oireachtas, 2023-04-05.</ref> Afterwards, he addressed 80,000 people in [[College Green, Dublin|College Green]]. Later, he attended a state dinner at Dublin Castle.
* 12 December – Plans for a £200 million light rail transit system in Dublin were announced. Eventually to be called [[Luas]], it was to connect the city centre with [[Sandyford]], [[Tallaght]] and [[Ballymun]].
* 16 December – A tribunal was established to compensate victims of [[Irish Blood Transfusion Service|Hepatitis C]].
* 21 December – [[Jack Charlton]] retired as manager of the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Irish football team]].

==Arts and literature==
* 24 January – [[The Chieftains]]' [[album]] ''[[The Long Black Veil (album)|The Long Black Veil]]'' was released. It included collaborations with [[Van Morrison]] (on "[[Have I Told You Lately]]") and [[Sinéad O'Connor]] (on folk songs including "[[She Moved Through the Fair|He Moved Through the Fair]]").
* 21 April – [[Sitcom]] ''[[Father Ted]]'', written by [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]] and [[Graham Linehan]] and starring [[Dermot Morgan]] and [[Ardal O'Hanlon]], first aired on [[Channel 4]] television in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111958/releaseinfo|work=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|title=Release dates for "Father Ted"|access-date=2012-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0104/fatherted.html |publisher=[[RTÉ]] |first=Alan |last=Corr |title=In Ted We Trust |date=4 January 2011 |access-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102145331/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0104/fatherted.html |archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>
* 2–23 May – Historical mini-series ''[[The Hanging Gale]]'' premiered on [[RTÉ One]] television.
* 13 May – Ireland staged the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1995|Eurovision Song Contest]].
* 5 October – Poet [[Seamus Heaney]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]].
* [[Sebastian Barry]]'s play ''[[The Steward of Christendom]]'' was produced for the first time.
* [[Phil Coulter]] wrote the anthem "[[Ireland's Call]]" to a commission from the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]].
* [[Emma Donoghue]]'s novel ''[[Hood (novel)|Hood]]'' was published.<ref>{{cite book|last=Smyth|first=Gerry|title=The Novel and The Nation: Studies in the New Irish Fiction|location=London|publisher=Pluto Press|year=1997}}</ref>
* [[Anne Enright]]'s first novel ''The Wig My Father Wore'' was published.
* [[Marian Keyes]]' first novel ''Watermelon'' was published.
* [[Patrick McCabe (novelist)|Patrick McCabe]]'s novel ''The Dead School'' was published.
* [[Rachel Joynt]] and [[Remco de Fouw]]'s sculpture ''Perpetual Motion'' was installed on the [[Naas]] by-pass.

==Sport==

===Association football===
* 15 February – A match between [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] and [[England national football team|England]] was abandoned in the first half after some of the England fans ripped out seating in the West Stand of [[Lansdowne Road]] stadium and hurled it onto the pitch. Ireland had been leading 1–0 before the match was stopped.

===Boxing===
* 9 September – [[Steve Collins]], "The Celtic Warrior", successfully defended his [[World Boxing Organization]] [[super middleweight]] title against [[Chris Eubank]] 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===
* 17 September – [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] were the All-Ireland [[Gaelic football|football]] Champions following victory over [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]].

===Golf===
* [[Irish Open (golf)|Murphy's Irish Open]] was won by [[Sam Torrance]] (Scotland).

===Hurling===
* Under new manager [[Ger Loughnane]], Clare won the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] for the first time since 1914.

==Births==
* 3 February – [[Orla Gartland]], singer-songwriter
* 11 April – [[Sycerika McMahon]], swimmer
* 5 August – [[Evan Finnegan]], footballer
* 6 September – [[Oisin Murphy]], jockey
* Unknown –  [[Chris Walley (actor)|Chris Walley]], actor

==Deaths==

===January to June===
* 1 February – [[Tom O'Reilly (Cavan politician)|Tom O'Reilly]], Cavan Gaelic footballer and independent TD for [[Cavan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan]] 1944–1948 (born 1915)
* 5 February – [[Des Foley]], Gaelic footballer and hurler and [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (born 1940).
* 20 February – [[Thom McGinty]] ("The Diceman"), actor, model, and street mime artist (born 1952).
* 14 March – [[Gerard Victory]], composer (born 1921).
* 30 March – [[Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews]], soldier, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry in 1940 near [[Dunkirk]], France (born 1911).
* 30 March – [[John Lighton Synge]], mathematician and physicist (born 1897).
* 3 April – [[Jeremiah Newman]], Bishop of Limerick.
* 14 April – [[Brian Coffey]], poet and publisher (born 1905).
* 24 April – [[Florrie Burke]], soccer player (born 1918).
* 7 June – [[Joseph Tomelty]], actor and playwright.
* 14 June – [[Rory Gallagher]], guitarist (born 1948).
* 25 June – [[Ernest Walton]], physicist, 1951 [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] (born 1903).
* 27 June – [[Gordon Wilson (peace campaigner)|Gordon Wilson]], peace campaigner (born 1927).

===July to December===
* 4 July – [[Seán Fallon (politician)|Seán Fallon]], Fianna Fáil politician, [[Cathaoirleach]] of [[Seanad Éireann]] from 1992 until his death. (born 1937)
* 12 July – [[Muriel Gahan]], promoter of country crafts.
* 19 July – [[Paddy Keaveney]], [[Independent Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (born 1929).
* 23 August – [[Johnny Carey]], soccer player and manager (born 1919).
* 21 September – [[Frank Hall (broadcaster)|Frank Hall]], journalist and satirist (born [[1921 in Northern Ireland|1921]]).
* 27 September – [[Sean Conway (Irish politician)|Sean Conway]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Seanad Éireann|senator]].
* 1 November – [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Cabinet Minister and [[Seanad Éireann]] member (born 1930).
* 8 November – [[Neil Blaney]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]], Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1922).
* 8 December – [[Philip Lawrence (headmaster)|Philip Lawrence]], [[London]]-based [[headmaster]] stabbed to death outside the gates of his school when he went to help a pupil being attacked by a gang (born 1947).
* 18 December – [[Colville Deverell]], cricketer and politician (born 1907).
* 19 December – [[P. A. Ó Síocháin]], journalist, author and lawyer (born 1905).
* 25 December – [[James Boucher (cricketer)|James Boucher]], cricketer (born 1910).

===Full date unknown===
* [[Niall Ó Dónaill]], Irish language lexicographer and writer (born 1908).

==See also==
*[[1995 in Irish television]]

==References==
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