2011 in Northern Ireland

none 2011 Events during the year 2011 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents First Minister - Peter Robinson deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness Acting deputy first minister - John O'Dowd (20 September – 31 October) Secretary of State - Owen Paterson Events 4 January – A partial solar eclipse is visible during sunrise in Northern Irelandhttps://archive.today/20120804114517/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/eclipse-signals-a-duller-start-to-year-for-workers-15045156.html Eclipse signals a duller start to year for workers. Belfast Telegraph, 2011-01-04. 5 January – Edward Stevenson elected Orange grand master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, replacing Robert Saulters, who held the post for 14 yearshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12113105 Orange order elect Edward Stevenson as grand master 5 January 2011 BBC News Northern Ireland 5 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110105090225/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12113105 5 January 2011 live 6 January - Laurence Mackenzie resigns as chief executive of Northern Ireland Water in response to criticism of the organisation's handling of a water shortagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12126247 NI Water overwhelmed by 1m contacts from customers BBC News 6 January 2011 21 December 2014 26 January – British prime minister David Cameron announces Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams' resignation from the British House of Commons by appointment as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead (technically an "office of profit under the Crown").Manor of Northstead British Treasury, 2011-01-26.https://archive.today/20120804150049/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-2512403.html Adams resigns from Westminister seat Irish Independent, 2011-01-26. This resignation is to enable Adams to stand in the general election in the Republic of Ireland in the Louth constituency, where he is elected on 25 FebruaryLouth RTÉ News http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110228221707/http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html 2011-02-28 28 March – The British government issues a formal apology to the family of Majella O'Hare who was a 12-year-old that was shot and killed by a British paratrooper in 1976.2011-03-28 Majella O'Hare's brother responds to government apology https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12877797 2025-05-08 BBC News en-GB 31 March – Caroline 1914 decommissioned in Belfast 10 June – Sinn Féin's Paul Maskey wins the West Belfast by-electionSinn Fein's Paul Maskey wins West Belfast by-election https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129 BBC News BBC 10 June 2011 11 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610112645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129 10 June 2011 live 20 June – 2011 Northern Ireland riots originate in East Belfast 25 June – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry opens 6 November – Alasdair McDonnell elected new SDLP leaderAlasdair McDonnell elected new SDLP leader https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15607201 BBC News BBC 6 November 2011 6 November 2011 30 November – Thousands of public sector workers across Northern Ireland take strike action in the biggest walk-out in a generationStrike to cause major disruption in Northern Ireland https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15953652 BBC News BBC 30 November 2011 30 November 2011 The arts 4 January – Author Maggie O'Farrell, born in Coleraine, wins the 2010 Costa novel award for her novel, The Hand That First Held MineDerry-born author wins Costa prize. Irish Times, 2010-01-04. 17 April – Epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones, filmed in Belfast and on location elsewhere in Northern Ireland, premieres on HBO in the United States 1 May – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin, opensRowan Moore Architecture The Observer London 2011-12-11 21 (The New Review) 26 September – Singer Rihanna is asked by farmer and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) alderman Alan Graham to leave his grain field near Ballygilbert when she strips to the waist while recording a music videohttps://archive.today/20120723102818/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/topless-rihanna-rattles-northern-ireland-farmer-with-risque-video-shoot-16055569.html Topless Rihanna rattles Northern Ireland farmer with risque video shoot Belfast Telegraph, 2011-09-27. October – Lucy Caldwell is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureNovelist and Dramatist Lucy Caldwell Awarded Rooney Prize 2011 http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 Trinity College Dublin 26 October 2011 2012-04-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120119073203/http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 19 January 2012 Eoghan Walls's poetry collection The Salt Harvest is publishedIan Sansom David Park The Guardian Review London 21 April 2012 12–13 Sports GAA 17 March – Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) defeated St. Bridgid's (Roscommon) 2–11 to 1–11 to win the All-Ireland Senior Club Football ChampionshipCrossmaglen win club football title https://web.archive.org/web/20110321070737/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0317/crossmaglen_brigids.html 2011-03-21 , RTÉ Sport, 2011-03-17 17 July – Donegal defeat Derry 1–11 to 0–08 to win the Ulster Senior Football ChampionshipFootball Championship Fixtures and Results https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013123/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_footballchampionship.html 2011-07-24 , RTÉ Sport Deaths 2 January – Pete Postlethwaite, 64: English actor, of cancer. Portrayed Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerard Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, in the 1994 film In the Name of the Fatherhttps://archive.today/20120720100141/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/pete-postlethwaite-death-gerard-conlon-mourns-lsquoscreen-dadrsquo-15045161.html Pete Postlethwaite death: Gerard Conlon mourns 'screen dad'. Belfast Telegraph, 2011-01-04. 29 January – Raymond McClean, 78: former SDLP Mayor of Derry, civil rights activist, author.Tributes paid to Dr Raymond McClean BBC News, 2011-01-31. 6 February – Gary Moore, 58: former Thin Lizzy guitarist. Heart attack while on holiday in Estepona, Spainhttps://archive.today/20120804130620/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/rock-legend-gary-moore-found-dead-2527823.html Rock legend Gary Moore found dead Sunday Independent, 2011-02-06.Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Moore dies Irish Times, 2011-02-06.https://archive.today/20120804161815/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/lizzy-guitarist-died-of-a-heart-attack-2529412.html Lizzy guitarist died of a heart attack Irish Independent, 2011-02-08. See also 2011 in England 2011 in Scotland 2011 in Wales References Category:2011 in Europe Category:2011 by country