Kilkenny won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Rugby The Ireland rugby team won the Triple Crown Ireland for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21–12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England. Births January to June 22 January – Alan McDermott, soccer player. 10 February – Keith Dunne, soccer player. 11 February – John Melligan, soccer player. 18 February – Damien Hayes, Galway hurler. 6 March – J. J. Delaney, Kilkenny hurler. 4 April – Robbie Hedderman, soccer player. 6 April – Philip Byrne, soccer player. 27 April – Cliff Byrne, soccer player. 27 April – Stephen O'Flynn, soccer player. 5 May – Noel O'Leary, Cork Gaelic footballer. 10 May – Alan Keely, soccer player (d. 2021). 20 May – Wes Hoolahan, soccer player. 19 June – Jackie Tyrrell, Kilkenny hurler. July to December 13 July – James Masters, Cork Gaelic footballer. 20 July – Aidan Fogarty, Kilkenny hurler. 21 July – Brian Murphy, Cork hurler. 29 July – Andy Reid, soccer player. 31 July – Alan O'Hare, soccer player. 5 August – John Lester, soccer player. 10 September – Andrew Murray, boxer. Full date unknown Graham Callinan, Cork hurler. Sarah Flannery, winner of the 1999 Esat Young Scientist Exhibition. Peter Lawlor, Limerick hurler. Kevin McMahon, Cork Gaelic footballer. Damian Reale, Limerick hurler. Pat Tobin, Limerick hurler. Deaths 1 January – Michael Hilliard, Fianna Fáil TD, Cabinet Minister and MEP (born 1903). 16 January – Sir Basil Goulding, 3rd Baronet, cricketer, squash player and art collector (born 1909). 5 February – George Crothers, cricketer (born 1909). 16 February – Vivion de Valera, barrister, managing director of The Irish Press, Fianna Fáil TD representing Dublin North-West (born 1910). 3 March – Con Cottrell, Cork hurler (born 1917). 18 March – Patrick Smith, TD and Cabinet Minister (born 1901). 26 March – Sam Kydd, actor (born 1915). 26 May – Pamela Hinkson, novelist (born 1900). 15 June – Johnny Callanan, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1910). 7 July – Charles Hill, cricketer (born 1903). 24 August – Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, poet and writer (born 1919). 13 September – Mick Mackey, Limerick hurler and first recipient of the All-Time All Star Award (hurling) (born 1912). 5 October – Séamus Ennis, uilleann piper, singer and folk-song collector (born 1919). 18 November – Hilton Edwards, actor, director, co-founder of Gate Theatre (born 1903 in London). Full date unknown Mick Kennefick, Cork hurler