1 September – Contemporary music radio station Atlantic 252 (part owned by RTÉ) went on air for the first time from the long wave Clarkstown radio transmitter in County Meath (with studios in Trim). 4 September – Independent pop music station Century Radio went on the air for the first time. 14 September – British children's stop-motion animated series Postman Pat premiered in Ireland on Network 2. 18 September – The television soap opera Fair City began on RTÉ One. 10 November – The film My Left Foot was released, directed by Jim Sheridan. Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker won Academy Awards for their performances. MidWest Radio began broadcasting as a licensed station in County Mayo. John Banville's novel The Book of Evidence was published. Sport Association football 11 October – Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier in Dublin. 15 November – Ireland won 2–0 in Malta to secure qualification for the World Cup for the first time. Gaelic football The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final ended on a scoreline of Cork GAA 0–17 Mayo GAA 1–11 Golf The Carroll's Irish Open golf tournament was won by Ian Woosnam (Wales). Hurling The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final ended on a scoreline of Tipperary GAA 4-24 Antrim GAA 3–9. Births 8 January – Ian Bermingham, soccer player. 3 March – Barry O'Rorke, Gaelic footballer and hurler. 17 March – Patrick Curtin, Gaelic footballer (died 2015). 9 June – Chloë Agnew, singer. 12 June – Nickie Quaid, hurler (Effin, Limerick). 11 July – Rachael Blackmore, jump jockey. 4 August – Michael Murphy, Gaelic footballer. 14 October – Barry Hennessy, hurler (Kilmallock, Limerick). 28 December – Jessie Buckley, actress and singer. 31 December – Brian Gregan, sprinter and athlete. Deaths 24 January – Michael Scott, architect (born 1905). 27 January – Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, writer (born 1926). January – Jackie Wright, comedian (born 1905). 11 March – Simon Curley, cricketer (born 1917). 7 April – Frank Cluskey, former leader of the Labour Party (born 1930). 3 May – John Mackey, Limerick hurler (born 1913). 15 June – Ray McAnally, actor (born 1926). July – Eddie Gannon, soccer player (born 1921). 3 August – Dominic Behan, songwriter, novelist and playwright (born 1928). 10 August – H. Montgomery Hyde, barrister, author and Ulster Unionist MP (born 1907). 12 September – Seamus Twomey, twice chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican