1988 in Ireland explained
Events from the year 1988 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Association football
Cycling
Gaelic football
Golf
Hurling
Births
- 7 January – Robert Sheehan, actor.
- 15 January – Padraig Amond, soccer player.
- 23 January – Alan Power, soccer player.
- 29 January – Owen Garvan, soccer player.
- 13 February – Dave Rudden, young adult and fantasy writer.
- 21 February – Darren Forsyth, soccer player.
- 22 February – Robert Bayly, soccer player.
- 21 March – Kevin Guthrie, actor.
- 2 May – Stephen Henderson, soccer player.
- 21 May – Adam Rooney, soccer player.
- 14 July – Conor McGregor, mixed martial artist.
- 25 July – Anthony Stokes, soccer player.
- 26 July – Grainne Leahy, cricketer.
- 14 September – Shane Tracy, soccer player.
- 22 September – Keith Quinn, soccer player.
- 11 October – Joe Canning, hurler (Portumna, Galway, Connacht).
- 28 October – Devon Murray, actor
Deaths
January to June
- 1 January – Sister Philippa Brazill, nurse in Australia (born 1896).
- 1 January – Dan Spring, Gaelic footballer, trade unionist and Labour Party TD (born 1910).
- 15 January – Seán MacBride, former Clann na Poblachta TD, Cabinet Minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner (born 1904).
- 2 February – Frederick Blaney, cricketer (born 1918).
- 1 March – Tommy Breen, international soccer player (born 1912).
- 19 March – Máirtín Ó Direáin, poet (born 1910).
- 2 April – E. Chambré Hardman, photographer (born 1898).
- 10 May – Ciarán Bourke, musician, an original member of The Dubliners (born 1936).
- 5 June – Robert Dudley Edwards, historian (born 1909).
- 11 June – Nick O'Donnell, Kilkenny and Wexford hurler (born 1925).
July to December
- 17 July – Frank Carter, Fianna Fáil TD, Seanad member (born 1910).
- 17 September – Mick Cashman, Cork hurler (born 1931).
- 10 October – Sonny Hool, cricketer (born 1924).
- 27 October – Frank Devlin, badminton player (born 1900).
- November – Terry Leahy, Kilkenny hurler (born 1918).
- 7 December – Peter Langan, restaurateur (born 1941).
- 8 December – John Joe McGirl, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (born 1921).
- 21 December – Eithne Dunne, actress (born 1919).
- 22 December – Jack Bowden, cricketer and hockey player (born 1916).
Full date unknown
See also
Notes and References
- News: Did you hear the one about the Irish bookie?. Goodley. Simon. 2003-03-01. The Daily Telegraph. London. 2012-12-20.