Highlights from the 2011 RHS Chelsea Flower Show includes The Irish Sky Garden by Diarmuid Gavin based on the idea of a restaurant in the sky.

* Maccarron, Máirín, " The Adornment of Virgins: Æthelthryth and Her Necklaces ," in Elizabeth Mullins and Diarmuid Scully ( eds ), Listen, O Isles, unto me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in honour of Jennifer O ’ Reilly ( Cork, 2011 ), 142-155.

* O ’ Sullivan, Sinéad, " Martianus Capella and the Carolingians: Some Observations Based on the Glosses on Books I – II from the Oldest Gloss Tradition on De nuptiis ," in Elizabeth Mullins and Diarmuid Scully ( eds ), Listen, O Isles, unto me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in honour of Jennifer O ’ Reilly ( Cork, 2011 ), 28-38.

Fewer than one in five Catholics attend Mass on any given Sunday in Dublin with many young people only retaining a marginal interest in religion, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said in May 2011.

Current League Champions and the first Irish side to reach the group stages of a European competition: 2011 – 12 UEFA Europa League group stage Shamrock Rovers play at Tallaght Stadium in South Dublin, play at Richmond Park, and play their home games at the UCD Bowl in Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown, while is based at Tolka Park.

* 2011 – In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffers the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921.

It was the largest party in Dáil Éireann at every general election from the 1932 general election until the 2011 general election, when it suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the history of the Irish state, a loss described as " historic " in its proportions, where it saw its electoral support base diminished by 75 %, as a reaction to the intervention, and in the running of the Irish economy, of the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank in November 2010.

* The Irish women were also National Champion runner-ups in 2011 and 2012

As of June 2011 Northern Irish and Scottish customers are unable to shop online, although some Scottish customers may get items delivered via IKEA Edinburgh.

The Green Party had six seats in the Irish government but lost them all in the 2011 general election.

* 1935 – Oliver Napier, Irish politician ( d. 2011 )

In 2011 he released Route Irish, an examination of private contractors working in the Iraqi occupation.

* May 21 – Brian Lenihan, Irish politician ( d. 2011 )

* May 2011, Irish Hills Meat Company of Michigan, a Tipton, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 900 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7.

In 2010, Adams announced that he would be seeking election as a TD ( member of Irish Parliament ) for the constituency of Louth at the 2011 Irish general election.

Following the announcement of the Irish general election, 2011, Adams wrote to the House of Commons to resign his seat.

According to the 2011 Census, 17, 132 say they can speak Irish in the County Donegal Gaeltacht.

The Irish Green Party were in government from 2007 until January 2011 when the party withdrew their support for the ruling coalition.

* Peter Murphy ( broadcaster ) ( 1923 – 2011 ), Irish radio and television broadcaster

Sheen maintains links with Galway and " heartily " supported Michael D. Higgins in the Irish presidential election, 2011, having become a " dear friend " of Higgins while studying there.

The last of Crozier's crosswords was published in the Irish Times on 22nd October 2011.

According to the Irish Census 2011 there are 20, 040 daily speakers outside the education system in the province.

In April 2011, The Last Picture Show was re-released in UK and Irish cinemas, distributed by Park Circus.

It won 40 % of the vote in the Clare constituency in the 2011 Irish general election.

The borough has a population of 8, 711, however the majority of the population live outside the borough boundary, the 2011 Irish Census gives the total population of the Borough & Environs as 24, 423.

In the Irish general election, 2011, Kildare North returned Bernard Durkan ( FG ), Anthony Lawlor ( FG ), Catherine Murphy ( Ind ), and Emmet Stagg ( Lab ) while with Martin Heydon ( FG ,) Sean O Fearghail ( FF ) and Jack Wall ( Lab ) were returned for Kildare South.

Vinge's Children of the Sky, " a near-term sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep ", set ten years later, was released in October 2011.

On 20 July 2011, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced that Concentric Sky had ported the Britannica Kids product line to Intel's Intel Atom-based Netbooks.

Harris ' songs " Boulder to Birmingham ", from her 1975 album Pieces of the Sky, and " The Road ", from her 2011 album Hard Bargain, are tributes to Parsons.

The 2011 edition was held in Big Sky, Montana, hosted by Montana State University.

Sky and Telescope Magazine, January 2011 issue.

In May 2011, Headlands Park was awarded International Dark Sky Park designation by the International Dark-Sky Association.

In Fall 2011 Monroe Middle School was repurposed to become Sky Valley Education Center, a parent-partnership school.

* Cameras in the Sky ( 2011 ) Long Play Album

In 2011 Air Malta wet-leased again one A320 ( 9H-AEN ) to Sky Airline.

* Sky Full of Holes ( 2011 )

In July 2011, it was reported that 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios are developing a feature-length animated film based on the comic.

No series was made for 2011 due to Ben Shephard working at Sky.

Moore celebrated the record breaking 700th episode of The Sky at Night at his home in Sussex on 6 March 2011.

Three of Gonzaga's most recent notable athletes are basketball players — former center Ronny Turiaf ( now playing for the Miami Heat ); third overall 2006 NBA Draft pick and Red Star Belgrade Adam Morrison ( who was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats ), regarded for his likeness to Hall of Famer Larry Bird ; and Courtney Vandersloot, 2011 winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the leading Division I women's point guard and women's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the top Division I player no taller than 5 ' 8 " ( 1. 73 m ), selected third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

The book was adapted for radio by Ernest Kinoy for Dimension X as " Pebble in the Sky "; first broadcast in 1951 it was released as an audio download in 2007 by Radio Spirits, and again in 2011.

* Rio ( film ), an 2011 animated film from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios

A second single ," Blue Sky ", was released on October 4, 2011.

Jeremy Hunt-the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport-announced on 3 March 2011 that under News Corporation's proposal to take full control of BSkyB, Sky News would be " spun off " into a separate company.

The largest providers are now Satellite Receivers, Ltd. ( SRL ) and Skyvision who sell programming from the Headend In The Sky ( HITS ) service by Comcast and will continue to do so in 2011 and beyond.

However, in 2011, TelstraClear CEO Allan Freeth warned it would review its wholesale agreement with Sky unless it allowed TelstraClear to purchase non-Sky content.

Through the 2011 season, the Sky Sox have been the only Triple-A affiliate of the Rockies.

Starting in December 2011, Ball presents the new 3D Test Card, which broadcasts on the Sky 3D channel, alongside a character called Mr 3D.