1991 in Ireland

See also: 1990 in Ireland, other events of 1991, 1992 in Ireland and the list of 'years in Ireland'.

Events

• January 1 – Limerick City celebrates 300 years of the Treaty of Limerick.
• January 6 – The Irish Government and the EC Commission meet in Dublin to officially launch the Irish EC Presidency.
• January 17 – There controversy as the government allows US war planes to refuel at Shannon Airport.
• January 24 – The new Government Buildings in the renovated College of Science are officiall opened.
• February 7 – The IRA fires mortar bombs at 10 Downing Street in London.
• March 14 – After spending 16 years in prison the Birmingham Six are freed.
• March 16 – Dublin is officially inaugurated as the European City of Culture.
• June 26 – The convictions of the Maguire Seven are quashed.
• November 6 – Kildare TD Seán Power proposes a no-confidence motion in Charles Haughey's leadership.
• November 7 – The Minister for Finance, Albert Reynolds, is sacked from the government over his intention to support the no-confidence motion.
• November 13 – Jim McDaid, the new Defence Minister, resigns following criticism from the opposition over his attendance at an IRA funeral.

Arts and literature

Sports

• Frank O'Mara wins the world indoor 3000m championship for the second time.
• Eddie Jordan enters his Jordan team in the World Formula One Championship, becoming the first Irish-based constructor in Formula One.
• October 19 – Seán Kelly wins the Tour of Lombardy.

Births

Deaths

• February 19 – Thekla Beere, civil servant.
• March 25 – Theodora Fitzgibbon, film-maker.
• May 19 – Philip Townshend Somerville-Large, engineer.
• May 22 – Valentin Iremonger, poet and diplomat.
• November 10 – Mitchel Cogley, journalist.
• November – George Otto Simms, Archbishop of Armagh.
• December 1 – Pat O'Callaghan, athlete and Olympic gold-medallist.