Events from the year 2007 in Ireland.
Incumbents
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
:
Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese ( ; ; ; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, ...
*
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach (, ) is the head of government or prime minister of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the President of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legisl ...
:
Bertie Ahern
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008. A Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011, he served ...
(
FF)
*
Tánaiste
The Tánaiste ( , ) is the second-ranking member of the government of Ireland and the holder of its second-most senior office. It is the equivalent of the deputy prime minister in other parliamentary systems.
The Tánaiste is appointed by the P ...
:
**
Michael McDowell (
PD) (until 14 June 2007)
**
Brian Cowen
Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several ...
(
FF) (from 14 June 2007)
*
Minister for Finance:
Brian Cowen
Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several ...
(
FF)
*
Chief Justice:
John L. Murray
*
Dáil:
**
29th (until 26 April 2007)
**
30th (from 14 June 2007)
*
Seanad:
**
22nd (until 4 July 2007)
**
23rd (from 24 July 2007)
Events
* 28 January – The new
Dublin Port Tunnel
The Dublin Tunnel ( Irish: ''Tollán Bhaile Átha Cliath''), originally and still commonly known as the Port Tunnel, is a road traffic tunnel in Dublin, Ireland, that forms part of the M50 motorway.
The twin tunnels form a two-lane dual car ...
opened to general traffic, having already opened to
heavy goods vehicles last December 20th.
* 12 March –
Docklands railway station
Docklands Station (''Stáisiún Dugthailte'', also known as ''Ceantar na nDugaí'') is a terminus railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and was part of the ...
opened in its temporary location, the first new station in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
's city centre since
Tara Street Station in 1891.
* 30 April –
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
Mary McAleese
Mary Patricia McAleese ( ; ; ; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, ...
dissolved the
29th Dáil
The 29th Dáil was elected at the 2002 Irish general election, 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and met on 6 June 2002. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Republic of Ireland, Irel ...
at the request of
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach (, ) is the head of government or prime minister of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the President of Ireland upon nomination by Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legisl ...
Bertie Ahern
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008. A Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011, he served ...
. The
general election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...
was fixed for 24 May.
* 24 May –
A general election was held.
* 14 June – The
30th Dáil
The 30th Dáil was elected at the 2007 Irish general election, 2007 general election on 24 May 2007 and met on 14 June 2007. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Republic of Ireland, Ire ...
met and formed a
Fianna Fáil–Green Party–Progressive Democrat coalition government.
* 5 July – Ten people were injured after a 150-year-old limestone staircase collapsed at the
National Museum of Ireland – Natural History on Merrion Street in Dublin.
* 17 July – A
North/South Ministerial Council
The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) (, Ulster-Scots: ) is a body established under the Good Friday Agreement to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain governmental powers across the whole island of Ireland.
The Council takes the for ...
meeting included the
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who ...
for the first time.
* 19 July – The
red kite
The red kite (''Milvus milvus'') is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other Diurnality, diurnal Bird of prey, raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harrier (bird), harriers. The species currently breeds only i ...
bird species was reintroduced in the
Wicklow Mountains
The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Where the mountai ...
.
* 26 October – The final
People In Need Telethon was held.
Arts and literature
* 23 March –
John Carney's musical film ''
Once
Once may refer to:
Film, television and theatre
* ''Once'' (film), a 2007 Irish musical film by John Carney
** ''Once'' (musical), a 2011 stage adaptation of the film
* ''Once'' (TV series), a 2017–2019 Argentine telenovela
* Canal Once (Mex ...
'' had its Irish release, at the
Savoy Cinema
The Savoy Cinema is the oldest operational cinema in Dublin, and it is the preferred cinema in Ireland for film premières.
History
The cinema was built in 1929 by Meagher & Hayes, on the site of the old Granville Hotel. The luxurious auditor ...
in Dublin.
* May –
Michael Scott's fantasy fiction ''
The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' was published.
* 9 June –
Mark O'Rowe
Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright and screenwriter.
Life
Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe (to whom he dedicated his 1999 play, ''Howie the Rookie''). He grew up in Tallaght, a working-class ...
's play ''
Terminus'' was premièred at the
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the p ...
, Dublin.
* 23 July –
Spin South West radio station began broadcasting from
Raheen, County Limerick.
* 5 October – The film ''
Garage'' was released.
*
Kevin Barry
Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier and medical student who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in a ...
's short story collection ''There are Little Kingdoms'' was published and won the
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
*
Anne Enright's novel ''
The Gathering'' was published and won the
Man Booker Prize
The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...
.
*
Tana French
Tana French (born 10 May 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress. She is a longtime resident of Dublin, Ireland. Her debut novel '' In the Woods'' (2007), a psychological mystery, won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barr ...
's debut crime novel ''
In the Woods'' was published.
*
Derek Landy
Derek Landy (born 23 October 1974) is an Irish author and screenwriter, known for the ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' and ''Demon Road'' book series. Since 2018, he has also written numerous comic book series at Marvel Comics.
Career
Landy has written ...
's children's novel ''
Skulduggery Pleasant
''Skulduggery Pleasant'' is a series of Dark fantasy, dark fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. Tom Percival is the series' illustrator. The books revolve around the adventures of fledgling detective Valkyrie Cain and her mentor ...
'' was published and won the
Red House Children's Book Award
The Children's Book Award is a British literary award for children's books, run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups and previously known as the Red House Children's Book Award. Books published in the U.K. during the preceding calendar yea ...
(2008).
Music
Sport
Association football
* Internationals
;
European Championship Qualifiers
:7 February –
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...
1–2
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
:24 March – Ireland 1–0
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
:28 March – Ireland 1–0
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
:8 September – Slovakia 2–2 Ireland
:12 September –
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
1–0 Ireland
:13 October – Ireland 0–0
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
:17 October – Ireland 1–1
Cyprus
Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...
:17 November – Wales 2–2 Ireland
Ireland finished third in the Group and failed to qualify.
*
Setanta Cup
The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. Inaugurated in 2005, it was a cross-border competition between clubs in the League of Ireland from the Republic of Ir ...
** Winners:
Drogheda United
*
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is a national association football Sports league, league consisting of professional clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Derry, Derry City in Northern Ireland. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland. It was ...
** Winners:
Drogheda United
*
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Sports Direct FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as D ...
** Winners:
Cork City
Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland ...
* 19 February – reigning
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is a national association football Sports league, league consisting of professional clubs in the Republic of Ireland and Derry, Derry City in Northern Ireland. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland. It was ...
champions
Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division by the
Football Association of Ireland
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI; ) is the governing body for association football in the Republic of Ireland.
Organisation
The FAI has an executive committee of five members under the president, who receive expenses, as well as a p ...
after having their Premier Division Licence revoked by the FAI's First Instance Committee. The club was issued a First Division Licence in place of the revoked licence.
Cricket
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2 ...
: In a successful world cup debut, the
Ireland cricket team
The Ireland men's cricket team represents All-Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union, operating under the brand Cricket Ireland, is the sport's governing body in Ireland, and they organise the international team. The team ha ...
qualified from the group stage for the Super 8 stage, notably defeating
Pakistan cricket team
The Pakistan men's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Counc ...
in the process.
Gaelic games
;
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
:
2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
::16 September:
Kerry 3–13
Cork
"Cork" or "CORK" may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
*** Wine cork an item to seal or reseal wine
Places Ireland
* ...
1–9
;
Hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
:
2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
::2 September:
Kilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
2–19
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. W ...
1–15
Golf
*
Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three men's major golf championships, major championships: The Open Championship in 2 ...
finished in the top 10 at the
US Masters in
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta, South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Augusta, the third mos ...
.
Darren Clarke
Darren Christopher Clarke (born 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions and has previously played on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He has won 21 tournaments worldwide on ...
missed the cut.
*
Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three men's major golf championships, major championships: The Open Championship in 2 ...
won the
British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland.
Rory McIlroy
Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and has spent over 100 weeks in that position du ...
won the silver medal for leading amateur.
Darren Clarke
Darren Christopher Clarke (born 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions and has previously played on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He has won 21 tournaments worldwide on ...
missed the cut.
*
Irish Open was won by
Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three men's major golf championships, major championships: The Open Championship in 2 ...
(Ireland).
Rugby union
*
2007 Six Nations Championship
The 2007 Six Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 113th series of the international championship. Fifteen ma ...
**
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
9–19
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
** Ireland 17–20
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
** Ireland 43–13
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
**
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
18–19 Ireland
**
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
24–51 Ireland
** Ireland finished second in the Championship, after France but claimed the
Triple Crown for the third time in four years.
*
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup () was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by F ...
** Ireland 32–17
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
** Ireland 14–10
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
** Ireland 3–25
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
** Ireland 15–30
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
*
2006–07 Heineken Cup
The 2006–07 Heineken Cup was the 12th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on 21 June at Twickenham. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds. Foll ...
**
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
and
Leinster
Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
both qualified for the quarter finals but failed to progress
Deaths
January to June
:* 3 January –
Michael Yeats
Michael Butler Yeats (22 August 1921 – 3 January 2007) was an Irish barrister and Fianna Fáil politician. He served two periods as a member of Seanad Éireann.
Biography Early life
His was the son of W. B. Yeats, a poet and Nobel Prize in L ...
,
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil ( ; ; meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (), is a centre to centre-right political party in Ireland.
Founded as a republican party in 1926 by Éamon de ...
Seanad member and
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
(MEP) (born 1921).
:* 23 January –
Jimmy Murray,
Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
Gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
er and
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions.
Organised by the ...
-winning captain (born 1917).
:* 28 January –
Bertie Troy,
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
priest and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship-winning Manager (Gaelic Games), manager with Cork (born 1930).
:* 5 February – John S. Beckett, musician, composer and conductor (born 1927).
:* 8 February – Benedict Kiely, writer, broadcaster and journalist (born 1919).
:* 17 February – Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (born 1942).
:* 25 February – Jackie Gilroy, former Dublin GAA, Dublin Gaelic footballer (born 1942).
:* 11 March – Dave Creedon, former Cork Hurling, hurler (born 1919).
:* 2 April – Emma Groves, blinded by a rubber bullet in 1971, leading campaigner for banning the use of plastic bullets, co-founder of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets (born 1920).
:* 24 April – Kate Walsh (politician), Kate Walsh, Progressive Democrats Seanad Éireann, Senator (born 1947).
:* 29 April – Con Murphy (Valley Rovers hurler), Con Murphy, Cork hurler and former Presidents of the Gaelic Athletic Association, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (born 1922).
:* 5 May – Michael ffrench-O'Carroll, Independent Teachta Dála (TD) and Senator (born 1919).
:* 22 May – Dermot O'Brien, former Louth GAA, Louth Gaelic footballer and entertainer (born 1932).
:* 30 May – Kieran Carey, Tipperary GAA, Tipperary hurler (born 1933).
:* 1 June – John Moriarty (writer), John Moriarty, writer and philosopher (born 1938).
July to December

:* 1 July – John Egan (Dublin GAA), John Egan, former Dublin GAA County Chairman (born 1951).
:* 9 July – John Wilson (Irish politician), John Wilson, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister, former Cavan GAA, Cavan Gaelic footballer (born 1923).
:* 15 July – Kieron Moore (Irish actor), Kieron Moore, actor (born 1924).
:* 23 July – Joan O'Hara, actress (born 1930).
:* 1 August – Tommy Makem, folk singer (born 1932).
:* 3 August – Éamonn Young, Cork Gaelic footballer (born 1921).
:* 10 August – Tom Cheasty, Waterford GAA, Waterford hurler (born 1934).
:* 27 August – Tom Mulligan, Dublin Gaelic footballer (born 1977).
:* 30 August – Tom Munnelly, folk-song collector (born 1944).
:* 10 September – Joe Sherlock, Labour Party (Ireland) TD (born 1930).
:* 26 September – Mick Holden, Gaelic footballer and hurler (born 1954).
:* 2 October – Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (born 1902).
:* 3 October – Tony Ryan, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Guinness Peat Aviation and co-founder of Ryanair (born 1936).
:* 6 October – Tom Murphy (actor), Tom Murphy, actor (born 1968).
:* 19 October – Johnny Clifford, Cork hurler (born 1934).
:* 22 October – Brendan McWilliams, meteorologist and science writer (born 1944).
:* 28 October – Anthony Clare, psychiatrist and broadcaster (born 1942).
:* 13 November
:** Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, businessman and politician (born 1920).
:** Hugh Gibbons,
Roscommon
Roscommon (; ; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60 road (Ireland), N60, N61 road (Ireland), N61 and N63 road (Irelan ...
Gaelic footballer and Fianna Fáil TD (born 1916).
:* 15 November – Ned Power, Waterford GAA, Waterford hurler (born 1929).
:* 3 December – Eileen Proctor, founder and president of the National Association of Widows in Ireland (born 1916).
:* 6 December – Katy French, model and socialite (born 1983).
:* 7 December – Mick Ryan (hurler, born 1925), Mick Ryan, Tipperary GAA, Tipperary hurler (born 1925).
:* 11 December – Christie Hennessy, folk singer-songwriter (born 1945).
:* 14 December – Gene Fitzgerald, Fianna Fáil TD and MEP (born 1932).
:* 15 December – Jimmy O'Neill (footballer born 1931), Jimmy O'Neill, soccer player (born 1931).
:* 26 December – Joe Dolan, singer (born 1939).
:* 27 December – Kit Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD (born 1915).
Full date unknown
:* Eamon Law,
Kilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
Gaelic handball, Irish handball player.
See also
*2007 in Irish television
References
External links
2007at ''Reeling in the Years''
{{Year in Europe, 2007