home leg at Tolka Park meant they became the first Irish team to make it to the third qualifying round. After a 0–0 draw with Deportivo de La Coruña in front of 25,000 fans at Lansdowne Road, the Irish team lost 3–0 in Spain. UEFA Cup Bohemians and Longford Town suffered disappointing first qualifying round defeats to FC Levadia Tallinn and FC Vaduz respectively. Shelbourne entered the first round proper after their Champions League third qualifying round exit, but missed out on a place in the UEFA Cup group stages. After a 2–2 draw at Lansdowne Road, Shelbourne lost 0–2 in the return leg against French side Lille. Gaelic games All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final 2004 Cork 0–17 – 0–9 Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 2004 Kerry 1–20 – 2–9 Mayo Golf Ryder Cup Three Irishmen, Pádraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, and Paul McGinley, featured prominently on the victorious European team. Nissan Irish Open was won by Brett Rumford (Australia). Olympic Games Cian O'Connor and the horse Waterford Crystal won gold for Ireland in the equestrian event. O'Connor was later stripped of this title because the horse tested positive for a prohibited substance. Rugby union 2004 Six Nations Championship Ireland 19–3 Italy Ireland 37–16 Scotland Ireland 19–13 England Ireland 17–35 France Ireland 36–15 Wales Ireland won the Triple Crown for the first time since 1985. The team also became the first to beat England since their World Cup win. 2003–04 Heineken Cup Only Munster advanced from the group stage and were defeated in the semi-finals. Deaths 5 February – Harry West, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 to 1979, Stormont MP, Minister for Agriculture (born 1917). 18 February – Tommy Eglington, soccer player (born 1923). 2 March – Cormac McAnallen, Tyrone Gaelic footballer (born 1980). 4 March – Paddy Ruschitzko, Laois hurler (born 1917). 6 March – Tom Leonard, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1924). 24 March – Richard Leech, actor (born 1922). 7 April – Maureen Potter, singer, actress and comedian (born 1925). 8 April – Enda Colleran, former Gaelic footballer (born 1941). 12 April – Sean Delaney, former soccer player and coach (born 1949). 11 May – Mick Doyle, rugby player and coach, killed in car crash (born 1941). 3 June – Joe Carr, amateur golfer (born 1922). 6 June – Simon Cumbers, journalist murdered in Saudi Arabia (born 1968). 8 June Kit Lawlor, soccer player (born