2011 in Ireland

For Northern Ireland, see 2011 in Northern Ireland.
2011
in
Ireland
Centuries:
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also: 2011 in Northern Ireland
Other events of 2011
List of years in Ireland

Events during the year 2011 in Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

Content
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Occupy Dame Street Camp in November 2011
Occupy Dame Street camp in November 2011
The entrance to the Occupy Dame Street "Tent Town" on 19 December 2011
The entrance to the Occupy Dame Street "Tent Town" on 19 December 2011

November

December

The Arts

Sports

Cricket

Gaelic games

Football

Hurling

Rugby

Heineken Cup

2011 Six Nations Championship

Rugby World Cup

Soccer

2011 Nations Cup

2012 UEFA European Championships Qualifiers

International friendly matches

League of Ireland

Athletics

Deaths

Gary Moore died in February.
Gary Moore died in February.
Garret FitzGerald died in April.
Garret FitzGerald died in May.

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  99. "Jedward to sing for Ireland". Irish Independent, 12 February 2011.
  100. "IFTA winners announced". The Irish Times. 13 February 2011.
  101. "Barry hounoured as he books place in literary Hall of Fame". Irish Independent. 12 April 2011.
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  110. France get over the line in Dublin Irish Times 2011-02-13.
  111. Six Nations 2011: Ronan O'Gara guides Ireland past sorry Scotland The Guardian, 2011-02-27.
  112. Controversial Mike Phillips try keeps Wales on their winning streak The Guardian, 2011-03-12.
  113. Tommy Bowe and Ireland demolish England's Six Nations grand slam hopes The Guardian 2011-03-19.
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  118. Scotland have it all their own way Irish Times, 2011-02-09.
  119. Scotland 3-0 Northern Ireland BBC Sport, 2011-02-09.
  120. Rep of Ireland 5-0 N Ireland BBC News, 2011-05-24.
  121. Rep of Ireland v Northern Ireland Sky Sports, 2011-05-24.
  122. Wales 1-3 Scotland BBC News, 2011-05-25.
  123. Wales 2-0 N Ireland BBC News, 2011-05-27.
  124. Republic of Ireland 1-0 Scotland BBC News, 2011-05-29.
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  130. Ireland beats Italy 2-0 in friendly USA Today, 2011-06-07.
  131. Republic of Ireland 0-0 Croatia RTÉ Sport, 2011-08-10.
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  133. Death of mountaineer Joss Lynam Irish Times, 2011-01-10.
  134. Michaela Harte found dead in Mauritius Irish Times, 2011-01-11.
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  140. Limerick solicitor Gordon Holmes dies Irish Times, 2011-01-21.
  141. Rock legend Gary Moore found dead Sunday Independent, 2011-02-06.
  142. Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Moore dies Irish Times, 2011-02-06.
  143. Lizzy guitarist died of a heart attack Irish Independent, 2011-02-08.
  144. 'Irascible' actor TP McKenna dies in London, aged 81 Irish Times. 2011-02-15.
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  149. "RTÉ journalist Joe Murray dies". Irish Times. 5 May 2011.
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  152. "Irish showband legend Sean Dunphy dies". The Belfast Telegraph. 18 May 2011.
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  154. Former taoiseach Garret FitzGerald dies aged 85 Irish Times, 2011-05-19
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  160. "Former Senator Myles Staunton has died". RTÉ News. 22 June 2011.
  161. KEHOE, Brendan : Death notice Irish Times, 2011-07-21.
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