1993 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1993 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents[]
Events[]
- 24 June - Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigns over links with tycoon Asil Nadir.[1]
- 23 October - Shankill Road bombing carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Belfast. There are 10 fatalities, including the bomber.
- 30 October - Greysteel massacre carried out by Ulster Freedom Fighters, at the Rising Sun Bar in Greysteel. Eight civilians are shot dead.
- 9 December - Footballer Danny Blanchflower dies of Alzheimer's disease aged 67.
- 15 December - Albert Reynolds and John Major issue their joint Downing Street Declaration.
Arts and literature[]
- Ciarán Carson's First Language: Poems collection is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize.
Sport[]
Football[]
- Irish League
- Winners: Linfield
Motorcycling[]
- Cookstown 100 125cc race
- Winner: Robert Dunlop
Mountaineering[]
- 27 May - Belfast architect Dawson Stelfox becomes one of the first Irish people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.[2]
Births[]
- 24 November - Saoirse-Monica Jackson, actress
Deaths[]
- 23 March - Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon (born 1911).
- 14 September - Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (born 1924).
- 23 October - Thomas Begley, Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed planting a bomb (born 1970).
- 15 November - Jimmy McAlinden, footballer and football manager (born 1917).
- 9 December - Danny Blanchflower, footballer and football manager (born 1926).
See also[]
- 1993 in England
- 1993 in Scotland
- 1993 in Wales
References[]
- ^ "Minister resigns over business links". On This Day. BBC.
- ^ Siggins, Lorina (2010-05-27). "Latest climbs bring Irish Everest ascents to 19". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
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