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1989 in Northern Ireland
Summary
Events during the year
1989 in
Northern Ireland
.
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See also:
1989 in the United Kingdom
1989 in Ireland
Other events of 1989
List of years in Northern Ireland
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State
-
Tom King
(until 24 July),
Peter Brooke
(from 24 July)
Events
edit
8 January -
Kegworth Air Disaster
: A
British Midland
Boeing 737
on a flight to Belfast crashes onto the
M1 motorway
on the approach to
East Midlands Airport
killing 44 people.
12 February -
Belfast
solicitor
Pat Finucane
is shot dead by
loyalists
.
5 March -
Gerry Adams
of
Sinn Féin
says he wants a non-armed political movement to work for self-determination.
[1]
20 March - Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary
are killed by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army
. An inquiry concludes in 2013 that the
Garda Síochána
colluded in the ambush.
[2]
7 June -
Short Brothers
sold to
Bombardier Aerospace
.
3 November -
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
,
Peter Brooke
, says the IRA cannot be entirely defeated militarily and talks could follow an end to violence.
[1]
13 December -
Attack on Derryard checkpoint
: The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
make a heavy attack on a permanent vehicle checkpoint in
County Fermanagh
manned by the
King's Own Scottish Borderers
; 2
British Army
soldiers are killed.
Arts and literature
edit
3 May -
Christina Reid
's play
The Belle Of Belfast City
is premiered at the
Lyric Theatre, Belfast
.
The
BBC Northern Ireland
film
Elephant
, concerning
The Troubles
and produced by
Danny Boyle
, is shown on
BBC2
television.
Robert McLiam Wilson
's first novel,
Ripley Bogle
, is published and wins the 1989
Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
[3]
and 1990
Irish Book
and
Betty Trask Awards
.
[4]
Sport
edit
Football
edit
October 11 - The
Republic of Ireland
beat
Northern Ireland
3–0 in a World Cup Qualifier at
Lansdowne Road
.
Irish League
Winners:
Linfield
Irish Cup
Winners:
Ballymena United
1 - 0
Larne
League of Ireland
Winners:
Derry City
FAI Cup
Winners:
Derry City
0 - 0, 1 - 0
Cork City
Motorcycling
edit
Robert Dunlop
wins the 125cc race at the Cookstown 100, the
Macau Grand Prix
and the 125cc race at the
Isle of Man TT
.
Snooker
edit
3 April -
Alex Higgins
beats
Stephen Hendry
to win the British
Benson and Hedges
snooker championship.
Births
edit
14 January -
Dave McClements
, football player
24 January -
Adam McGurk
, football player
6 February -
Craig Cathcart
, football player
10 April -
Michael Dunlop
, motorcycle racer
[5]
Deaths
edit
January -
Jackie Wright
, comedian (born
1905
).
12 February -
Pat Finucane
,
solicitor
killed by
loyalist
paramilitaries (born
1949
).
26 February -
Joseph Fenton
,
estate agent
killed by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army
for acting as an
informer
(b. c1953).
10 August -
H. Montgomery Hyde
,
barrister
, author and
Ulster Unionist
MP
(born
1907
).
12 September -
Seamus Twomey
, twice
chief of staff
of the
Provisional Irish Republican Army
(born
1919
).
28 December -
William Scott
,
Ulster Scots
painter (born
1913
).
Margaret Barry
, traditional singer (born
1917
).
See also
edit
1989 in England
1989 in Scotland
1989 in Wales
References
edit
^
a
b
BBC News
Road to Peace
Timeline.
^
"Smithwick: Collusion in Bob Buchanan and Harry Breen murders".
BBC News
. 2013-12-03
. Retrieved
2013-12-05
.
^
"Judges shortlist 11 authors".
The Irish Times
. Dublin. 1997-09-02.
^
"Robert McLiam Wilson".
British Council
. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26
. Retrieved
2012-07-31
.
^
"Michael Dunlop will relish new Yamaha challenge on roads".
BBC Sport
. 15 January 2015
. Retrieved
4 April
2020
.