Incumbents
Events
Sport
Association Football
- 7 February - San Marino 1 - 2 Republic of Ireland
- 24 March - Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 Wales
- 28 March - Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 Slovakia
- 8 September - Slovakia 2 - 2 Republic of Ireland
- 12 September - Czech Republic 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland
- 13 October - Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Germany
- 17 October - Republic of Ireland 1 - 1 Cyprus
- 17 November - Wales 2 - 2 Republic of Ireland
- Republic of Ireland finished third in the Group and failed to qualify.
- Liechtenstein v Northern Ireland (24 March)
- Northern Ireland v Sweden (28 March)
- Northern Ireland v Liechtenstein (22 August)
- Latvia v Northern Ireland (8 September)
- Iceland v Northern Ireland (12 September)
- Sweden v Northern Ireland (17 October)
- Northern Ireland v Denmark(17 November)
- Spain v Northern Ireland (21 November)
- FAI Ford Cup
- 19 February - Reigning League of Ireland champions Shelbourne were demoted to the First Division by the FAI 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: In a successful world cup debut, the Ireland cricket team qualified from the group stage for the Super 8 stage, notably defeating Pakistan cricket team in the process.
Gaelic Athletic Association
- Football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007
- September 16 Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-9
- Hurling All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2007
- September 2 Kilkenny 2-19 Limerick 1-15
Golf
Rugby Union
Deaths
January to March
- 3 January - Michael Yeats, Fianna Fáil Seanad member and MEP (b.1921).
- 23 January - Jimmy Murray, Roscommon Gaelic footballer and All-Ireland winning captain (b.1917).
- 27 January - Séamus Ó Riain, 90, former President of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
- 28 January - Bertie Troy, priest and All-Ireland winning manager with Cork (b.1930).
- 5 February - John S. Beckett, musician, composer and conductor (b.1927).
- 8 February - Benedict Kiely, writer, broadcaster and journalist (b.1919).
- 17 February - Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (b.1942).
- 25 February - Jackie Gilroy, former Dublin Gaelic footballer (b.1942).
- 27 February - Jim Aiken, 74, promoter.
- 11 March - Dave Creedon, Cork hurler (b.1919).
April to June
- 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 (b.1920).
- 24 April - Kate Walsh, Progressive Democrats Senator (b.1947).
- 29 April - Con Murphy, Cork hurler and former President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (b.1922).
- 5 May - Michael ffrench-O'Carroll, Independent TD and Senator (b.1919).
- 22 May - Dermot O'Brien, 74, former Louth Gaelic footballer and entertainer.
- 30 May - Kieran Carey, Tipperary hurler (b.1933).
- 1 June - John Moriarty, writer and philosopher (b.1938).
July to September
- 1 July - John Egan, former Dublin GAA County Chairman (b.1951).
- 9 July - John P. Wilson, Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet Minister, former Cavan Gaelic footballer (b.1923).
- 15 July - Kieron Moore, actor (b.1924).
- 23 July - Joan O'Hara, actress (b.1930).
- 1 August - Tommy Makem, folk singer (b.1932).
- 3 August - Éamonn Young, Cork Gaelic footballer (b.1921).
- 10 August - Tom Cheasty, Waterford hurler (b.1934).
- 26 August - Ollie Byrne, 63, majority shareholder in Shelbourne F.C. and former music promoter.
- 27 August - Tom Mulligan, Dublin Gaelic footballer (b.1977).
- 30 August - Tom Munnelly, folk-song collector (b.1944).
- 10 September - Joe Sherlock, Labour Party (Ireland) TD (b.1930).
- 26 September - Mick Holden, Gaelic footballer and hurler (b.1955).
- 28 September - Ciara Durkin, member of the Massachusetts National Guard who died under mysterious circumstances while deployed in Afghanistan (b.1977).
October to December
- 2 October - Dan Keating, Ireland's oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence (b.1902).
- 3 October - Tony Ryan, businessman and philanthropist, founder of Guinness Peat Aviation and one of founders of Ryanair (b.1936).
- 6 October - Tom Murphy, actor (b.1968.
- 19 October - Johnny Clifford, Cork hurler (b.1934).
- 22 October - Brendan McWilliams, meteorologist and science writer (b.1944).
- 28 October - Anthony Clare, psychiatrist and broadcaster (b.1942).
- 13 November - Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, businessman and politician (b.1920).
- 13 November - Hugh Gibbons, Roscommon Gaelic footballer and Fianna Fáil TD (b.1916).
- 15 November - Ned Power, Waterford hurler (b.1929).
- 6 December - Katy French, model and socialite (b.1983).
- 7 December - Mick Ryan, Tipperary hurler (b.1925).
- 11 December - Christie Hennessy, folk singer songwriter (b.1945).
- 14 December - Gene FitzGerald, Fianna Fáil TD and MEP (b.1932).
- 15 December - Jimmy O'Neill, soccer player (b.1931).
- 26 December - Joe Dolan, singer (b.1939).
- 27 December - Kit Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD (b.1915).
Full date unknown
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