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See also:	1993 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1993 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year1993 in Ireland.

• President:Mary Robinson
• Taoiseach:Albert Reynolds (FF)
• Tánaiste:
  • John Wilson (FF) (until 12 January 1993)
  • Dick Spring (Lab) (from 12 January 1993)
• Minister for Finance:Bertie Ahern (FF)
• Chief Justice:Thomas Finlay
• Dáil:27th
• Seanad:20th (from 17 February 1993)

• 8–17 January – TheBraer Storm blew in the North Atlantic.
• 12 January –Albert Reynolds was electedTaoiseach inDáil Éireann. AFianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition government came to power.
• 10 March – TheGaelic Athletic Association received planning permission for the redevelopment of theCroke Park stadium.
• 25 March –Castlerock killings: four Catholics were shot dead by theUlster Defence Association as they arrived for work in Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
• 27 May – The first meeting of an Irish head of state with a British monarch took place when PresidentMary Robinson makes a private visit to QueenElizabeth II atBuckingham Palace.^[1]
• 1 June –Mother Teresa met President Mary Robinson atÁras an Uachtaráin.
• 24 June –Dáil Éireann passed the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, decriminalising consensual homosexual acts.
• 15 July – The Beef Tribunal ended after 226 days.
• September – The sale of land beside a Dublin convent and the consequent exhumation of at least 133 former residents of aMagdalene asylum from unmarked graves brought the existence of these institutions to wide public attention.^[2][3]
• 16 September – A new green coloured £10 note was issued depicting the writerJames Joyce.
• 23 October –Shankill Road bombing – Ten people were killed when aProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded at a fish shop on the Shankill Road in Belfast.
• 30 October –Greysteel massacre – The Ulster Defence Association shot 21 people in the Rising Sun Bar inGreysteel, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, during a Hallowe'en party. They chose the pub as it was in a Catholic area.
• 12 November – The issue of a new, smaller 10 pence coin meant there was no longer a coin equivalent in size to aflorin after 22 years.
• December –Brú na Bóinne became the firstUNESCOWorld Heritage Site designated in Ireland.
• 15 December – TaoiseachAlbert Reynolds and British Prime MinisterJohn Major issued a jointDowning Street Declaration on the future of Northern Ireland.^[4]
• 25 December –Elizabeth II spoke of her hopes for peace in Northern Ireland in her Christmas Day speech to the U.K.^[5]
• 29 December – The IRA announced it would fight on against the British presence in Northern Ireland.

• 15 May –Niamh Kavanagh won theEurovision Song Contest (staged at theGreen Glens Arena inMillstreet,County Cork) for Ireland withIn Your Eyes, the second of three consecutive Irish wins.
• 6 August – The television filmThe Snapper was released.
• 26–7 August – The bandU2 played two concerts at theRDS Showgrounds.^[6]
• 11 November – The finalJacob's Broadcasting Awards ceremony took place in Dublin.
• 16 December – The world première of the filmIn the Name of the Father was held at theSavoy Cinema in Dublin.
• Roddy Doyle was awarded theBooker Prize for his novelPaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
• John Banville's novelGhosts was published.
• TheIrish Film Board was re-established as a funding body under the chairmanship ofLelia Doolan.

• Shelbourne defeatedDundalk 1–0 atLansdowne Road to win theFAI Cup.

• Alan McLoughlin scored asIreland drew 1–1 withNorthern Ireland to qualify for the1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.
• Ireland also went 6th in the world to reach their highestFIFA ranking to date.

• RunnerMarcus O'Sullivan won the world indoor 1,500-metre championship for the third time, inToronto.

• Derry beatCork 1–14 to 2–8 to win theAll-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time.

• The Irish Open was won byNick Faldo (England).

• Kilkenny beatGalway 2–17 to 1–15 to win their second consecutiveAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

• Pat Falvey andDawson Stelfox became the first Irish people to reach the summit ofMount Everest.^[7]

• 6 January –Al Porter, entertainer
• 21 February –Shane Dowling, hurler (Na Piarsaigh,Limerick).
• 20 April –Dan Morrissey, hurler (Ahane,Limerick)
• 25 April –Josh van der Flier, Rugby player
• 6 June –Aisling Franciosi, screen actress
• 27 June –Rejjie Snow, born Alex Anyaegbunam, hip hop musician
• 7 July –Ciarán Kilkenny, Gaelic footballer
• 5 August –Patrick McBrearty, Donegal Gaelic football superstar
• 13 September –Niall Horan, member of boy bandOne Direction

• 5 February –Seán Flanagan,Gaelic footballer, captain of winning Mayo All Ireland football teams in 1950s,Fianna FáilTD, Cabinet Minister andMEP (born 1922).
• 11 February –Brian Inglis, journalist, historian and television presenter (born 1916).
• 15 February –Peter Kavanagh, soccer player (born 1910).
• 23 March –Denis Parsons Burkitt,surgeon (born 1911).
• April –Denis Hegarty, public servant.
• 5 May –Dermot Boyle,Marshal of the Royal Air Force (born 1904).
• 29 June –Patrick Lindsay,Fine GaelTD and lawyer (born 1914).
• 28 July –Stanley Woods, motor cycle racer, with 29 Grand Prix wins and 10Isle of Man TT wins (born 1903).
• 14 September –Sheelagh Murnaghan, onlyUlster Liberal PartyMember of Parliament atStormont (born 1924).
• 7 October –Cyril Cusack, actor (born 1910).
• 1 November –Maeve Brennan, short story writer and journalist (born 1917).
• 15 November –Jimmy McAlinden, soccer player and manager (born 1917).
• 28 November –Joe Kelly, motor racing driver (born 1913).
• 29 December –Marie Kean, actress (born 1918).
• 31 December –Michael Cleary, priest and media personality, throat cancer (born 1933)

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