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1993 in Northern Ireland
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1993
Events during the year 1993 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State – Patrick Mayhew
Events
24 June – Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigns over links with tycoon Asil Nadir.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519201.stm Minister resigns over business links BBC On This Day
23 October – Shankill Road bombing carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Belfast. There are 10 fatalities, including the bomber.
30 October – Greysteel massacre carried out by Ulster Freedom Fighters, at the Rising Sun Bar in Greysteel. Eight civilians are shot dead.
9 December – Footballer Danny Blanchflower dies of Alzheimer's disease aged 67.
15 December – Albert Reynolds and John Major issue their joint Downing Street Declaration.
Arts and literature
Ciarán Carson's First Language: Poems collection is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize.
Sport
Football
Irish League
Winners: Linfield
Irish Cup
Winners: Bangor 1 – 1, 1 – 1, 1 – 0 Ards (all matches after extra time)
Motorcycling
Cookstown 100 125cc race
Winner: Robert Dunlop
Mountaineering
27 May – Belfast architect Dawson Stelfox becomes one of the first Irish people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.Siggins Lorina Latest climbs bring Irish Everest ascents to 19 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0527/1224271230317.html 2010-12-20 The Irish Times 2010-05-27
Births
24 November – Saoirse-Monica Jackson, actress
Deaths
23 March – Denis Parsons Burkitt, surgeon (born 1911).
14 September – Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (born 1924).
23 October – Thomas Begley, Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed planting a bomb (born 1970).
15 November – Jimmy McAlinden, footballer and football manager (born 1917).
9 December – Danny Blanchflower, footballer and football manager (born 1926).
See also
1993 in England
1993 in Scotland
1993 in Wales
References
Northern Ireland
Category:1993 in Europe