1994 in Northern Ireland

none 1994 Events during the year 1994 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Secretary of State - Patrick Mayhew Events 2 June - 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash: A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members. 18 June - Loughinisland massacre: Members of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force attack a crowded bar at Loughinisland in County Down with assault rifles, killing six. 14 August - Disappearance of Arlene Arkinson, a 15-year-old Northern Irish teenager from Castlederg, County Tyrone. Her body has never been recovered. 31 August - The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces a complete cessation of military operations.77 Aaron Edwards The Northern Ireland Troubles Oxford Osprey Publishing 2011 978-1-84908-525-0 6 September - Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, John Hume and Gerry Adams hold an historic meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea. 13 October - In a meeting at Fernhill House, Belfast, loyalist leader Gusty Spence announces that the Combined Loyalist Military Command, representing paramilitary groups, would observe a ceasefire, six weeks after the IRA. Armagh is restored to city status in the United Kingdom. Lagan Weir in Belfast is completed. Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,643,700.http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/news-july05-mid-year-pop-estimates Mid-year population estimates. 2007-03-20 2007-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20070713234106/http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/news-july05-mid-year-pop-estimates dead Arts and literature 18 May - Anne Devlin's play After Easter is premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon and wins her the Lloyds Playwright of the Year award.Anne Devlin Alan Brodie Representation http://www.alanbrodie.com/html/c.v/Anne%20Devlin%20cv.html https://web.archive.org/web/20031211093238/http://www.alanbrodie.com/html/c.v/Anne%20Devlin%20cv.html dead 2003-12-11 2007-07-29 8 August - Marie Jones' monodrama A Night in November is premiered in Belfast, played by Dan Gordon. Colin Bateman's Divorcing Jack is published and is awarded the Betty Trask Prize by the Society of Authors, for the best debut by a writer under the age of 35. Maurice Leitch's novel Gilchrist is published. Eoin McNamee's novel Resurrection Man is published. Danny Morrison's novel On The Back of the Swallow is published. Paul Muldoon's poetry collection The Annals of Chile is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize. The alternative rock band Snow Patrol is formed by students from Northern Ireland at the University of Dundee.Ice cool band warms hearts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3578509.stm BBC Northern Ireland 2004-03-29 2012-05-01 Sport Football Irish League Winners: Linfield Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Bangor FAI Cup Winners: Sligo Rovers 1 - 0 Derry City Motorcycling Robert Dunlop suffers a major accident at the Isle of Man Formula One TT, putting him out of action for the rest of 1994 and 1995. Deaths 11 July - Ray Smallwoods, Ulster Democratic Party leader. 19 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (born 1955). See also 1994 in England 1994 in Scotland 1994 in Wales References Northern Ireland Category:1994 in Europe