2021 in Northern Ireland

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2021
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Northern Ireland
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Events from the year 2021 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

5 January - James Greene (b 1931), actor. [101]

February

3 February - James Fenton (b 1931), poet. [102]

5 February - Ernie Tate (b 1934), anti-war activist. [103]

Contents

March

4 March - Jimmy Spratt (b 1951), politician. [104]

8 March - Danny McAlinden (b 1947), boxer. [105]

11 March - Ken Wilkinson, Loyalist activist. [106]

15 March - Jim Dornan (b 1948), obstetrician and gynecologist.

May

13 May - Seamus Deane (b 1940), poet. [107]

June

11 June - Lucinda Riley (b 1966), author [108]

20 June - Gordon Dunne (b 1959), politician [109]

July

17 July - James McConnell (b 1937), pastor [110]

August

9 August - Colm McKinstry (b 1949), Gaelic football manager. [111]

29 August - Rodney Rice (b 1944), Journalist. [112]

October

4 October - Terry Eades (b 1944), Footballer. [113]

28 October - Davy Tweed (b 1959) Rugby player and politician. [114]

November

30 November - Barney Carr (b 1923), Gaelic footballer. [115]

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