Arts and Literature
- Shaun Davey's orchestral suite for uilleann pipes The Pilgrim is first performed and recorded.
- Tom Murphy's The Gigli Concert is performed at the Abbey Theatre.
- Brendan Kennelly's poem sequence Cromwell is published.
- Dorothy Nelson is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her novel In Night's City.
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