Awards. Sport Association football World Cup 1990 Group stage Ireland 1–1 England Ireland 0–0 Egypt Ireland 1–1 Netherlands Ireland qualified for the knockout stage Knockout stage Ireland 0–0 (AET 5–4 PEN) Romania Ireland qualified for the quarterfinal stage Quarterfinal stage Ireland 0–1 Italy Ireland were knocked out at the quarterfinal stage Domestic football St Patrick's Athletic won the League of Ireland. Bray Wanderers won the FAI Cup beating non-league St Francis FC in the first ever Lansdowne Road final. Gaelic games Cork GAA's football team won a second consecutive All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The hurling team won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship to complete a double for the county. Golf Carroll's Irish Open was won by José María Olazábal (Spain). Ireland (David Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton) won the Dunhill Cup. Births 7 January – David Burke (Galway hurler) 7 February – Seán William McLoughlin, YouTube Celebrity internet personality. 5 March – Ashling Thompson, camogie player 17 March – Hozier, singer-songwriter 29 May – Maeve O'Donovan, finalist in the 2006/2007 RTÉ programme "You're A Star." 2 June – Graeme Mulcahy, hurler (Kilmallock, Limerick). 12 June – Stephen McLaughlin, footballer 15 September –Paul Townend, jockey 16 October – Sam Bennett, cyclist 23 October – Niall Donoghue, hurler (d. 2013) Deaths 21 January – Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970–1979 (born 1912). 17 February – Brendan Corish, Labour Party TD and former leader, Cabinet Minister and Tánaiste (born 1918). 28 February – John O'Sullivan, Fine Gael TD and Senator (born 1901). 6 April – Peter Doherty, soccer player (born 1913). 8 May – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 1978–1990 (born 1923). 12 May – John 'Tull' Dunne, Gaelic footballer, coach and administrator (born 1911). 11 June – Seosamh Mac Grianna, writer (born 1900). 12 June – Terence O'Neill, Fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1914). July – Peter Desmond, soccer player (born 1926). 3 August – Thomas Dunne, Fine Gael TD and MEP (born 1926). 19 October – Jerry Cronin, Fianna Fáil TD Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1925). 26 October – Breandán Ó hEithir, journalist and broadcaster working in Irish and English languages (born 1930). 18 November – Fred Daly, golfer (born 1911). December – Harry Bradshaw, golfer (born 1913). See also 1990 in Irish television References Years of the 20th century in Ireland Ireland 1990s in Ireland