RTE viewers were glued to their screens on Sunday as another brand new Reeling In The Years episode brought audiences back to the year 2011.
In terms of major moments in the landscape of Irish politics, Brian Cowen's resignation as Fianna Fàil leader culminated in a resounding win for Fine Gael in the General Election and Enda Kenny's ascent to the position of Taoiseach.
Elsewhere, Michael D. Higgins was elected as President and the year saw some notable visitors to these shores with Queen Elizabeth II's arrival in Ireland followed shortly by President Barack Obama.
2011 also marked Ireland’s first year of the EU-IMF economic bailout programme, youth unemployment reaching record levels and the harsh realities of emigration and austerity becoming a daily feature of Irish life.
2011 also saw the Civil Partnership Act come into effect, while Rihanna's video for 'We Found Love' was filmed in Down and got plenty of people talking.
As always, it's not Reeling In The years without some sporting highlights and Ireland’s beating England at the World Cup was a seismic day for cricket in this country while Leinster staged a remarkable fightback against Northampton to win the Heineken Cup.
For GAA fans, Stephen Cluxton's last-minute heroics against Kerry won't be forgotten in a hurry, while Kilkenny won their fifth hurling title in six years after a four-point win against Tipperary.
In terms of foreign news, it was the year of the 'Arab Spring’ that saw street protests and open rebellions that brought down ruling regimes and dictators in several countries, including Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.
2011 was also the year of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Norwegian terror attack. Finally, London hosted another royal wedding as Kate Middleton married Prince William.
However, with only a limited time to recap the important events that occurred in those 12 months, it's understandable that a few stories and moments were left out.
Here's the pick of the moments - both domestic and international - that didn't make the cut for another memorable episode.
Irish news
A small plane carrying ten passengers and two crew crashed while landing in fog at Cork Airport. Six people were killed.
The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, visited Ireland for the third time.
Ireland was struck by flash floods including heavy torrential rain in Dublin with up to 90mm of rain falling during six hours in the evening.
International news
US forces kill the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden.
The English riots hit their peak in London and spread to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies, aged 56, while North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, also dies in 2011.
Irish pop culture
Beloved comedy The Guard starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle is released.
Jedward entered the Eurosong 2011 competition for Ireland with their song Lipstick.
Mrs Brown's Boys begins on RTE and BBC.
Irish sport
Ireland's football team qualify for Euro 2012 after beating Estonia in a play-off.
The Irish rugby team crash out of the World Cup in New Zealand after losing to Wales 22-10 in the quarter-finals.
Shamrock Rovers win the League of Ireland, Derry City lift the League Cup and Sligo Rovers win the FAI Cup. It's a memorable year for The Hoops though because they would also become the first Irish team to reach the group stages of the Europa League by beating Partizan Belgrade in the play-off round.
