1974 in Northern Ireland

none July 2020 1974 Events during the year 1974 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Secretary of State - Francis Pym (until 5 March), Merlyn Rees (from 5 March) Events 2 January – First day in office of the Northern Ireland Executive. 15 February – A 600 lb bomb explodes in Dungannon. 28 February – United Kingdom general election. The Ulster Unionist Party tops the local polls with seven seats, with the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party winning three and one each for the Democratic Unionist Party and the Social Democratic and Labour Party. 5 March – Merlyn Rees becomes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html Larkspirit Irish History Lakespirit https://web.archive.org/web/20090423022915/http://larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html 23 April 2009 30 March – Major incendiary bomb attack on Bangor town centre. 2 May – The Ulster Volunteer Force launch a bomb attack on the Rose & Crown bar on the Ormeau Road in Belfast. Five people die in the explosion with a sixth subsequently succumbing to his injuries.Monument to mark UVF atrocity at Rose and Crown bar on Belfast's Ormeau Road 14 May – Northern Ireland grinds to a halt as the Ulster Workers' Council calls a strike following the defeat of an anti-Sunningdale Agreement motion. 17 May – Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Thirty-three civilians are killed and almost 300 wounded in four car bomb explosions in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland by the Ulster Volunteer Force, the highest number of casualties in any one day during The Troubles. The UVF is widely suspected of receiving technical assistance from British security forces. 21 May – The Ulster Workers' Council Strike comes to an end. 28 May – The five-month-old Northern Ireland Executive collapses. 15 June – A mentally disabled man named John Pat Cunningham is shot and killed in controversial circumstances by the Life Guards regiment in Benburb. 10 October – The second United Kingdom general election of the year. The same members are returned for all seats except Fermanagh and South Tyrone where the Ulster Unionists lose out to Independent Republican candidate Frank Maguire. 15 October – Republican prisoners attack guards and set fire to huts in HM Prison Maze. 16 October – Republican women prisoners in Armagh prison hold governor and three guards hostage. 28 October – A 300 lb Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) van bomb kills two British Army soldiers at Ballykinler and injures 33 others.The bombing of Sandes Soldiers Home, Ballykinler 1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment http://history.farmersboys.com/Postings/NI/sandes.htm 25 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120421090943/http://history.farmersboys.com/Postings/NI/sandes.htm 21 April 2012 7 November – An IRA bomb explodes at the Kings Arms, Woolwich in London. 27 November – The Prevention of Terrorism Act is passed in the United Kingdom. 8 December – Irish Republican Socialist Party and its paramilitary wing the Irish National Liberation Army are formed. 15 December – Price sisters transferred to an English jail (following hunger strike which had ended in June). 18 December – Government announces compensation payments for relatives of Bloody Sunday victims, according to the Ministry of Defence "in a spirit of goodwill and conciliation".Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims BBC ON This Day https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/18/newsid_4627000/4627967.stm 6 February 2009 18 December 1974 https://web.archive.org/web/20090107191454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/18/newsid_4627000/4627967.stm 7 January 2009 live 22 December – Second cease-fire between IRA and British (lasts until about April 1975). Full date unknown Junior Orange Institution is formed; a branch of the Orange Order which only accepts boys under the age of 16.Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm 28 January 2010 Samson crane is completed at Harland and Wolff shipyard. Sport Football Irish League Winners: Coleraine Irish Cup Winners: Ards 2 – 1 Ballymena United Births 18 January – Steve Lomas, footballer 7 February – Jonny Bell, rugby player 23 February – Neil Sinclair, boxer 28 April – Jeremy Davidson, rugby player 4 May – Tony McCoy, jockey 11 May – Peter Gillespie, cricketer 5 June – Claire McCollum, television presenter and journalist 6 November – Sean Hargan, footballer 28 November – Gary Neely, cricketer 17 December – Ryan Eagleson, cricketer Full date unknown Dan Donnelly, singer-songwriter Leontia Flynn, poet Darragh Morgan, musician Deaths 9 March – Daniel O'Neill, artist (born 1920) 5 July – James Young, comedian (born 1918) See also 1974 in Scotland 1974 in Wales References Northern Ireland Category:1974 in Europe Category:1970s in Wales