Samuel Baxter McIlroy is a Northern Irish retired footballer who played for Manchester United, Stoke City, Manchester City, Örgryte (Sweden), Bury, VfB Mödling (Austria), Preston North End and the Northern Ireland national team.
Samuel Wilson is a Northern Irish politician who was Chief Whip of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2024. Wilson has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Antrim since 2005. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 1998 to 2003 and for East Antrim from 2003 until 2015. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1986 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2001, the first person from the DUP to hold the office. He has also served as Minister of Finance and Personnel and Minister of the Environment in the Northern Ireland Executive.
Warren James Feeney is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer. He was most recently manager of NIFL Premiership club Glentoran from June 2023 until March 2024.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland. The NIFRS is overseen by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board, which in turn is subordinate to the Department of Health. NIFRS has a workforce of around 2,230 personnel.
Tara Lynne O'Neill is an Irish actress from Northern Ireland, who has appeared in film, theatre and television.
Thomas Cassidy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played as a midfielder.
The Bank Buildings is a Grade B1-listed five-storey building located at the intersection of Castle Street and Royal Avenue in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was designed and built between 1899 and 1900 by W. H. Lynn as a department store and warehouse, owned by the firm of Robertson, Ledlie, Ferguson & Co. It stands on the site of a bank erected in 1785, from which it takes its name.
St Killian's College is a secondary school located in the Glens of Antrim area of Northern Ireland. The eponymous tower was established in 1865 as a home for Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry. The teaching college was founded in 1951 while the current incarnation of the school, resulting from the amalgamation of nearby colleges, emerged in 2010 after a series of reforms by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.
Dundonald High School is a controlled co-educational secondary school located in Dundonald, a suburb of Belfast in Northern Ireland. The school opened in the early-1970s and offers education to 11 to 16-year-olds.
Sammy Douglas is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as the High Sheriff of Belfast since 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.
The first election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of votes and seats.
The first election to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won half of the seats.
Clare Bailey is a Northern Irish activist and former politician who was the Leader of Green Party Northern Ireland from November 2018 to August 2022, having been deputy leader of the party from 2014 to 2017. Bailey was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 2016 to 2022.
Kevin 'Hank' McGourty is an Irish dual player of Gaelic games, i.e. Gaelic football and hurling, who plays for the St Gall's club, County Antrim and Ulster, and, previously, Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin.
Events from the year 2022 in Northern Ireland.
Kofi Balmer is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He has won caps for Northern Ireland up to under-21 level.
Celtic Symphony is a song by The Wolfe Tones, written to celebrate the centenary of Celtic Football Club. It has become a staple song for Irish nationalism and Irish sports teams, which has led to controversy due to its lyrics.
Cliftonville Ladies Football Club is a women's association football club from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club is the women's team of Cliftonville, and plays in the Women's Premiership, the top tier women's football league of Irish League.
