15 September - For the first time the All-Ireland Football Final is contested by two teams from the same province. Tyrone are victorious over Armagh in the first All-Ulster Final.
27 November - The people of Northern Ireland go to the polls. The Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin make massive gains at the expense of more moderate unionist and nationalist parties.
Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,702,600[1]
Arts and literature
Ciarán Carson's poetry collection Breaking News is published and wins the Forward Poetry Prize (Best Poetry Collection of the Year).
All-Ireland Football Final - Tyrone defeat Armagh 0-12 to 0-9 in the first final contested by two teams from the same province. It is also Tyrone's first All-Ireland title.
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