Arts and Literature
- Maeve Binchy's novel Echoes is published.
- Shaun Davey's orchestral suite for voice and uilleann pipes Granuaile is recorded.
- Tom Murphy's Bailegangaire and Conversations on a Homecoming are produced by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway.
- Frank McGuinness's play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is performed on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and wins the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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