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1994 in Northern Ireland
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Contents
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
Motorcycling
Births
Deaths
See also
References
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List of years in Northern Ireland
Events during the year
1994 in
Northern Ireland
.
Incumbents
Secretary of State
-
Patrick Mayhew
Events
2 June -
1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash
: A
Royal Air Force
Chinook
helicopter
carrying almost all the
United Kingdom
's senior Northern Ireland
intelligence
experts, crashes on the
Mull of Kintyre
,
Scotland
, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members.
18 June -
Loughinisland massacre
: Members of the
loyalist
Ulster Volunteer Force
attack a crowded bar at
Loughinisland
in
County Down
with
assault rifles
, killing six.
14 August -
Disappearance of Arlene Arkinson
, a 15-year-old Northern Irish teenager from
Castlederg, County Tyrone
. Her body has never been recovered.
31 August - The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
announces a complete cessation of military operations.
[
1
]
6 September -
Taoiseach
Albert Reynolds
,
John Hume
and
Gerry Adams
hold an historic meeting at
Government Buildings
in
Dublin
. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea.
13 October -
Loyalist
paramilitary groups announce a ceasefire six weeks after the IRA.
Armagh
is restored to
city status in the United Kingdom
.
Lagan Weir
in
Belfast
is completed.
Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,643,700.
[
2
]
Arts and literature
18 May -
Anne Devlin
's play
After Easter
is premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon and wins her the Lloyds Playwright of the Year award.
[
3
]
8 August -
Marie Jones
'
monodrama
A Night in November
is premiered in Belfast, played by
Dan Gordon
.
Colin Bateman
's
Divorcing Jack
is published and is awarded the
Betty Trask Prize
by the
Society of Authors
, for the best debut by a writer under the age of 35.
Maurice Leitch
's novel
Gilchrist
is published.
Eoin McNamee
's novel
Resurrection Man
is published.
Danny Morrison
's novel
On The Back of the Swallow
is published.
Paul Muldoon
's poetry collection
The Annals of Chile
is published and wins the
T. S. Eliot Prize
.
The
alternative rock
band
Snow Patrol
is formed by students from Northern Ireland at the
University of Dundee
.
[
4
]
Sport
Football
Irish League
Winners:
Linfield
Irish Cup
Winners:
Linfield
2 - 0
Bangor
FAI Cup
Winners:
Sligo Rovers
1 - 0
Derry City
Motorcycling
Robert Dunlop
suffers a major accident at the Isle of Man Formula One TT, putting him out of action for the rest of 1994 and 1995.
Births
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Deaths
11 July -
Ray Smallwoods
,
Ulster Democratic Party
leader.
19 September -
Frankie Kennedy
, traditional
flute
and
tin whistle
player and co-founder of
Altan
(born
1955
).
See also
1994 in England
1994 in Scotland
1994 in Wales
References
↑
Edwards, Aaron (2011).
The Northern Ireland Troubles
. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p.
77.
ISBN
978-1-84908-525-0
.
↑
"Mid-year population estimates"
. Archived from
the original
on 2007-07-13
. Retrieved
2007-03-20
.
↑
"Anne Devlin"
.
Alan Brodie Representation
. Archived from
the original
on 2003-12-11
. Retrieved
2007-07-29
.
↑
"Ice cool band warms hearts"
. Northern Ireland:
BBC
. 2004-03-29
. Retrieved
2012-05-01
.
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