1998 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1998 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents[]
- First Minister - David Trimble (from 1 July)
- deputy First Minister - Seamus Mallon (from 1 July)
- Secretary of State - Mo Mowlam
Events[]
- 9 January - British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, visits loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison. Afterward loyalists agree to attend the Stormont talks.[1]
- 20 February - Sinn Féin is excluded from the Northern Ireland talks for two weeks. Protests in Belfast follow.[2]
- 10 April (Good Friday) - The British and Irish governments and all the political parties in the Northern Ireland (except the Democratic Unionist Party) sign the Belfast Agreement.[3][4][5]
- 19 May - John Hume and David Trimble join U2 on stage in Belfast as they make a direct appeal to young voters in Northern Ireland to vote 'yes' in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.[6]
- 22 May - The Belfast Agreement is endorsed in a referendum by people north and south of the border.[7]
- 25 June - The people of Northern Ireland go to the polls to elect a new Assembly.
- June - Crumlin Road Courthouse is closed and the site is eventually sold to a private developer.[8]
- 1 July - The new Northern Ireland Assembly first meets, in "shadow" form; Reg Empey and Seamus Mallon are elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively.
- 12 July - Three young children are killed in a loyalist arson attack in Ballymoney.
- 15 August - Omagh bombing: 29 people die in a car bomb explosion near the centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, caused by the Real Irish Republican Army.[9]
- 3 September - Bill Clinton, President of the United States, visits Omagh and views the bomb damage.[10]
- 16 October - John Hume and David Trimble are announced as the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 6 November - David Trimble returns as First Minister in succession to Reg Empey.
- 10 December - John Hume and David Trimble are presented with the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
Arts and literature[]
- Malachi O'Doherty's study The Trouble With Guns: Republican Strategy and the Provisional IRA is published.
Sport[]
Football[]
- Irish League
- Winners: Cliftonville
Motorcycling[]
- Robert Dunlop wins the Ultra-Lightweight race at the Isle of Man TT.
Deaths[]
- 2 September - Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (b.1933).
- 13 November - Valerie Hobson, actress (b.1917).
Full date unknown[]
- Sean McAloon, Uillean piper and pipe maker (b.1923).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Archer, Bimpe (2018-01-10). "Anniversary of day Mo Mowlam visited the Maze to persuade prisoners to try peace". The Irish News. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "BBC News | UK | Sinn Fein suspended from peace talks". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "The Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement 1998 | Northern Ireland Assembly Education Service". education.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Fenton, Siobhan (2018-05-24). The Good Friday Agreement. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78590-382-3.
- ^ Morrissey, M.; Smyth, Marie Breen (2002). Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement: Victims, Grievance and Blame. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-1673-4.
- ^ Tannam, Etain (October 2001). "Explaining the Good Friday Agreement: A Learning Process". Government and Opposition. 36 (4): 493–518. doi:10.1111/1477-7053.00078. ISSN 0017-257X. S2CID 145060015.
- ^ "Redirecting..." heinonline.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "UAH calls for Stormont to repossess Crumlin Road Courthouse". UAH. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "What about us? The psychological implications of dealing with trauma following the Omagh bombing - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Edwards, Ruth Dudley (2013-09-30). Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4464-8578-1.
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