1994 in Ireland

1994
in
Ireland

Decades:	1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s
Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1994 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1994 List of years in Ireland

Events

April 14 - The Central Bank issues a new £5 note.
April 30 - Ireland wins the 39th Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock 'n' Roll Kids.
May 26 - Jack Charlton is awarded the freedom of Dublin City.
June 6 - Irish D-Day veterans join Allied leaders at a 50th commemorative ceremony on Omaha Beach.
July 26 - The Minister for Education, Niamh Bhreathnach, pledges the introduction of free third-level education for everyone over the next three years.
August 31 - The IRA announces a complete cessation of military operations.
September 1 - Transition Year is introduced mainstream, to secondary schools.
September 6 - An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, John Hume and Gerry Adams hold an historic meeting at Government Buildings. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea.
September 30 - An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and members of the government wait at Shannon Airport to greet President Boris Yeltsin. He fails to leave the aircraft to meet them.
October 13 - Loyalist paramilitary groups announce a ceasefire six weeks after the IRA.
October 28 - The inaugural session of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation takes place in St. Patricks Hall, Dublin Castle.
November 16 - The Fianna Fáil-Labour coalition collapses.
November 17 - Albert Reynolds tenders his resignation as Taoiseach. However, the Dáil is not dissolved.
November 19 - Bertie Ahern is elected leader of Fianna Fáil.

Eamonn Coghlan becomes the first person in the world over 40 years of age to run a sub-four minute (indoor) mile.

Down GAA beat Dublin GAA 1-12 to 0-13 in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final at Croke Park on September 18. It is Down's fifth All-Ireland senior title, and their second in four years.

Offaly GAA beat Limerick GAA 3-16 to 2-13 to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final at Croke Park for the first time since 1985.

In the World Cup Finals in the United States, the Republic of Ireland the last 16 before losing 2-0 to the Netherlands, but on the way picks up its first World Cup finals win, a 1-0 victory vs. Italy.

1 January - Raymond Crotty, economist.
1 January - Andy McEvoy, soccer player (b.1938).
19 February - Micho Russell, tin whistle player and collector of traditional music and folklore (b.1915).
23 February - Jackie Power, Limerick hurler and Gaelic footballer (b.1916).
6 March - Flann Campbell, educationists and historian.
12 May - Alfred Lane Beit, British politician, art collector and philanthropist, honorary Irish citizen (b.1903).
13 May - Duncan Hamilton, motor racing driver (b.1920).
21 May - Martin Doherty member Provisional Irish Republican Army
27 May - M.J. Molloy, playwright.
17 June - Terence de Vere White, lawyer, novelist and biographer (b.1912).
27 June - William Conolly-Carew, 6th Baron Carew (b.1905).