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See also:	1991 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1991 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1991 in Ireland.

• President:Mary Robinson
• Taoiseach:Charles Haughey (FF)
• Tánaiste:John Wilson (FF)
• Minister for Finance:
  • Albert Reynolds (FF) (until 7 November 1991)
  • Charles Haughey (FF) (from 7 November 1991 until 14 November 1991)
  • Bertie Ahern (FF) (from 14 November 1991)
• Chief Justice:Thomas Finlay
• Dáil:26th
• Seanad:19th

• 1 January –Limerick city celebrated 300 years of theTreaty of Limerick.
• 17 January – There was controversy as the Government allowed United States military aircraft bound for theGulf War to refuel atShannon Airport.
• 24 January – The new Government Buildings in the renovated College of Science were officially opened.
• 7 February – TheIrish Republican Army (IRA) fired mortar bombs at10 Downing Street in London.
• 14 March – After being wrongfully jailed for 16 years, theBirmingham Six were freed.
• 15 March – TheSugar Act provided forprivatisation ofCómhlucht Siúicre Éireann, Teoranta, the state-ownedsugar beet processor, asGreencore.
• 16 March –Dublin was officially inaugurated as the year'sEuropean Capital of Culture.
• 22 March – The President,Mary Robinson, against pressure not to do so from the Taoiseach,Charles Haughey, visited theChester Beatty Library in Dublin where theDalai Lama opened a Tibetan collection in the library. She was the only head of state in Europe to meet with him during his European trip.^[1] The Dalai Lama's first visit to Ireland was in 1973.^[2]
• 10 April – An unarmed IRA volunteer was shot dead inDownpatrick by theRoyal Ulster Constabulary.
• 16 May – Eyre Square Centre opened inGalway.
• 17 May – First edition of theLiffey Champion, local newspaper for North County Kildare and Lucan.
• 26 June – The wrongful convictions of theMaguire Seven were quashed.
• 6 November – KildareTDSeán Power proposed a no-confidence motion in TaoiseachCharles Haughey's leadership.
• 7 November – theMinister for Finance,Albert Reynolds, was dismissed from the government over his intention to support the no-confidence motion.
• 13 November –Jim McDaid, the newDefence Minister, resigned following criticism from the Opposition over his attendance at an IRA funeral.
• 21 November – Three crew members of theM.V. Kilkenny were drowned as a result of a collision between theKilkenny and theM.V. Hassel Werder inDublin Bay.
• 6 December –Dublin Bus began its 'Nitelink'night bus service, aimed at facilitating revellers returning home from Christmas parties, as well as reducing instances ofdrink driving.

• 25 May – TheIrish Museum of Modern Art opened at theRoyal Hospital Kilmainham.
• November – TheDublin Writers Museum opened.
• TheCorcadorca Theatre Company was established inCork.
• Roddy Doyle's novelThe Van, last ofThe Barrytown Trilogy, was published.
• Anne Enright's short story collectionThe Portable Virgin was published, and won theRooney Prize for Irish Literature.

• Frank O'Mara won the world indoor 3,000 metre championship for the second time.

• 19 October –Sean Kelly won theGiro di Lombardia.

• TheAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship final finished on a score ofDown 1–16Meath 1–14.

• Carroll's Irish Open was won byNick Faldo (England).

• TheAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final finished on a score ofTipperary 1–16Kilkenny 0–15.

• Eddie Jordan entered his Jordan team in the World Formula One Championship, becoming the first Irish owned constructor inFormula One.

• 20 February –Sally Rooney, fiction writer.
• 28 February –Sarah Bolger, actress.
• 7 July –Eve Hewson, actress.
• 16 August –Evanna Lynch, actress.
• 14 October –Kevin Downes, hurler (Na Piarsaigh,Limerick).
• 16 October –Jedward, musical duo twins
• 30 October –Nick Sheridan, journalist (d. 2024).

• 5 January –Hubert Butler, writer and historian (born 1900)
• 29 January –Joe Stynes,Irish Republican and sportsman (born 1903).
• 19 February –Thekla Beere, civil servant (born 1902).
• 20 April –Seán Ó Faoláin, short story writer (born 1900).
• 22 May –Valentin Iremonger, poet and diplomat (born 1918).
• 25 May –John M. Feehan, author and publisher (born 1916).
• 25 May –Eddie Fullerton,Sinn Féin councillor, killed by theUlster Defence Association (born 1935).

• 18 August –Patrick Joseph Kelly, Bishop ofBenin City (born 1894).
• 17 October –J. G. Devlin, actor (born 1907).
• 13 November –Francis Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (born 1916).
• 12 November –Billy Behan, soccer player and Scout (born 1911).
• 14 November –Bryden Thomson, orchestral conductor (born1928 in Scotland).
• 15 November –George Otto Simms,Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin andArchbishop of Armagh (born 1910).
• 19 November –Michael Lyons,Fine GaelTD and Senator (born 1910).
• 1 December –Pat O'Callaghan, athlete and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1905).

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