from Christmas parties, as well as reducing instances of drink driving. Arts and literature 25 May – The Irish Museum of Modern Art opened at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. November – The Dublin Writers Museum opened. The Corcadorca Theatre Company was established in Cork. Roddy Doyle's novel The Van, last of The Barrytown Trilogy, was published. Anne Enright's short story collection The Portable Virgin was published, and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Sport Athletics Frank O'Mara won the world indoor 3,000 metre championship for the second time. Cycling 19 October – Sean Kelly won the Giro di Lombardia. Gaelic football The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final finished on a score of Down GAA 1–16 Meath GAA 1–14. Golf Carroll's Irish Open was won by Nick Faldo (England). Hurling The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final finished on a score of Tipperary GAA 1–16 Kilkenny GAA 0–15. Motor racing Eddie Jordan entered his Jordan team in the World Formula One Championship, becoming the first Irish owned constructor in Formula One. Births 20 February – Sally Rooney, fiction writer. 28 February – Sarah Bolger, actress. 7 July – Eve Hewson, actress 16 August – Evanna Lynch, actress. 14 October – Kevin Downes, hurler (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick). Deaths January to June 5 January – Hubert Butler, writer and historian (born 1900) 29 January – Joe Stynes, Irish Republican and sportsman (born 1903). 19 February – Thekla Beere, civil servant (born 1902). 20 April – Seán Ó Faoláin, short story writer (born 1900). 22 May – Valentin Iremonger, poet and diplomat (born 1918). 25 May – John M. Feehan, author and publisher (born 1916). 25 May – Eddie Fullerton, Sinn Féin councillor, killed by the Ulster Defence Association (born 1935). July to December 18 August – Patrick Joseph Kelly, Bishop of Benin City (born 1894). 17 October – J. G. Devlin, actor (born 1907). 13 November – Francis Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (born 1916). 12 November – Billy Behan, soccer player and Scout (born 1911). 14 November – Bryden Thomson, orchestral conductor (born 1928 in Scotland). 15 November – George Otto Simms, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh (born 1910). 19 November – Michael Lyons, Fine Gael TD and Senator (born 1910). 1 December – Pat O'Callaghan, athlete and Olympic gold-medallist (born 1905). See also 1991 in Irish television References Years of the 20th century in Ireland