Editing 2000 in Ireland

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The following lists events that happened during the year '''2000 in Ireland'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of Ireland|President]]: [[Mary McAleese]]
* [[Taoiseach]]: [[Bertie Ahern]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])
* [[Tánaiste]]: [[Mary Harney]] ([[Progressive Democrats|PD]])
* [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]]: [[Charlie McCreevy]] ([[Fianna Fáil|FF]])
* [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]]:
** [[Liam Hamilton]] (until 1 June 2000)
** [[Ronan Keane]] (from 1 June 2000)
* [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]]: [[28th Dáil|28th]]
* [[Seanad Éireann|Seanad]]: [[21st Seanad|21st]]

==Events==
===February===
* 3 February – The gangster [[John Gilligan (Irish criminal)|John Gilligan]] was extradited from the UK to Ireland on drug trafficking and murder charges.
* 11 February – The [[British government]] suspended [[devolution]] in Northern Ireland.

===April===
* 10 April
** The [[Dublin Area Rapid Transit]] rail system was extended southwards from [[Bray Daly railway station|Bray]] to [[Greystones railway station|Greystones]] and northwards from [[Howth Junction]] to [[Malahide railway station|Malahide]].
** The ambulance service regulator, the [[Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council]], was established.
* Spring – The American [[Clive Cussler]]'s National Underwater and Marine Agency discovered the wreck of {{RMS|Carpathia}} (sunk in 1918) 190 kilometres west of [[Fastnet Rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|title=Discovery of R.M.S. Carpathia|work=Titanic-Titanic.com|date=23 September 2000|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022092729/http://www.titanic-titanic.com/carpathia_found.shtml|archive-date=22 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===May===
* 5 May – [[The People in Need Trust]] held its seventh event. 
* 6 May – The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] began decommissioning its weapons.
* 30 May – Devolution returned to Northern Ireland.

===July===
* 6 July – The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2000 came into effect abolishing the so-called "[[:wikt:holy hour|holy hour]]" between 2&nbsp;pm and 4&nbsp;pm on Sundays when pubs had been forced to close their doors.<ref>[http://www.hayes-solicitors.ie/news/news_14_2000_June_10.htm Licensing law regime] Hayes Solicitors, July 2000.</ref>

===December===
* 12 December – President [[Bill Clinton]] of the United States arrived in [[Dublin]] beginning his [[List of international trips made by the President of the United States|last international trip as President]]. He met President [[Mary McAleese]], [[Taoiseach]] [[Bertie Ahern]], and gave a speech in [[Dundalk]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton arrives in Belfast|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/1212/clinton.html|access-date=18 March 2011|newspaper=RTÉ News|date=12 December 2000}}</ref>
* 13 December – Bill Clinton met the political leaders of Northern Ireland.

==Arts and literature==
* 7 February – The [[Chester Beatty Library]] opened in its new premises in the grounds of [[Dublin Castle]].
* 21 April – Release of film ''[[Nora (2000 film)|Nora]]''. 
* 31 October – Boyband [[Westlife]] scored their seventh straight UK number one, becoming the only artists in UK chart history to achieve this.
* December – The quarterly cultural magazine ''[[The Dublin Review]]'' was launched by Brendan Barrington.
* [[John Banville]]'s novel ''[[Eclipse (John Banville novel)|Eclipse]]'' was published.
* [[Anne Enright]]'s novel ''What Are You Like?'' was published.

==Sport==

===Association football===
[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] won the double of the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] and the [[FAI Cup]] for the first time in their history.
They then knocked out Macedonian side [[FK Sloga Jugomagnat|Sloga Jugomagnat]] in [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds|the first round]] of the [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers.  Their 1–0 win in [[Skopje]] was the first away win in a European tie by a League of Ireland side for eighteen years. [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] of Norway knock Shelbourne out 4–2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round.

===Gaelic games===
*[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] won the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]].
*[[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] won the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].

===Golf===
*[[Irish Open (golf)|Murphy's Irish Open]] was won by [[Patrik Sjöland]] ([[Sweden]]).

==Births==
* [[14 January]] – [[Jonathan Afolabi]], footballer
* [[26 January]] – [[Heather Payne]], footballer
* [[28 January]] – [[Aaron Connolly (Irish footballer)|Aaron Connolly]], footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Conolly |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/21653/Aaron-Connolly/overview |website=premierleague.com |publisher=Premier League |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> 
* [[1 February]] – [[Gavin Kilkenny]], footballer 
* [[21 February]] – [[Michael O'Sullivan (jockey)|Michael O'Sullivan]], jockey (d. 2025)
* [[25 March]] – [[Conor Coventry]], English-born footballer 
* [[4 May]] – [[Ciaran Booth]], English-born rugby union player 
* [[6 July]] – [[Michael Obafemi]], footballer 
* [[28 July]] – [[Lee O'Connor (footballer)|Lee O'Connor]], footballer
* [[7 August]] – [[Jordanne Jones]], actress
* [[7 August]] – [[Jaze Kabia]], footballer
* [[24 September]] – [[Neil Rock]], cricketer
* [[16 October]] – [[David Rawle]], actor
* [[2 November]] – [[Demi Isaac Oviawe]], [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]]-born actress

==Deaths==
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===January to June===
[[File:Francis Stuart.jpg|thumb|120px|right|upright|[[Francis Stuart]]]]
[[File:Memorial statue To Frank Patterson Clonmel.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Frank Patterson]] (statue)]]
* [[15 January]] – [[Alf Ringstead]], footballer (b. 1927)
* [[28 January]] – [[Tony Doyle (actor)|Tony Doyle]], actor (b. 1942)
* [[1 February]] – [[Patrick Shanahan (politician)|Patrick Shanahan]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1908)
* [[2 February]] – [[Francis Stuart]], writer (b. 1902)
* [[13 February]] – [[F. X. Martin]], priest and historian (b. 1922)
* [[25 February]] – [[Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)|Tom McEllistrim]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] (b. 1926)
* [[6 March]] – [[Jonathan Philbin Bowman]], journalist and radio presenter (b. 1969)
* [[20 April]] – [[Death of John Carthy|John Carthy]], shot dead by the [[Garda Síochána]] (b. 1972)
* [[7 June]] – [[Mona Tyndall]], missionary sister and development worker (b. 1921)
* [[10 June]] – [[Frank Patterson]], tenor (b. 1938)

===July to December===
* [[10 July]] – [[Denis O'Conor Don]], hereditary chief of the [[O'Conor Don]] sept (b. 1912)
* [[14 August]] – [[John Boland (Fine Gael politician)|John Boland]], senior [[Fine Gael]] politician (b. 1944)
* [[18 October]] – [[James Gill (Irish cricketer)|James Gill]], cricketer (b. 1911)
* [[8 November]] – [[Brian Boydell]], composer, professor of music at [[Trinity College Dublin]] (b. 1917)
* [[18 November]] – [[Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh]], [[physicist]] (b. 1933)
* [[21 November]] – [[Paddy Flanagan]], cyclist (b. 1941)
* [[26 November]] – [[Paddy Donegan]], former [[Fine Gael]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] and Cabinet Minister (b. 1923)
* [[15 December]] – [[Paddy Barry (Sarsfield's)|Paddy Barry]], [[Cork GAA|Cork]] hurler (b. 1928)

==See also==
* [[2000 in Irish television]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rte.ie/tv/reelingintheyears/2000.html 2000] at ''[[Reeling in the Years]]''

{{Years in Ireland}}

{{Year in Europe|2000}}