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Events from the year
2019 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
First minister of Northern Ireland
–
Vacant
deputy first minister of Northern Ireland
–
Vacant
Secretary of state for Northern Ireland
–
Karen Bradley
(until 24 July),
Julian Smith
(from 24 July)
Events
19 January – car bomb attack at a courthouse in
Derry
, for which the
New IRA
are the "main line of enquiry".
[1]
2 May –
Elections
in all 11 councils in Northern Ireland.
12 December – Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the
British House of Commons
are contested in the
2019 United Kingdom general election
. The results are
DUP
8 seats (down 1),
Sinn Féin
7 seats (no change),
SDLP
2 seats (up 2), and
Alliance Party
1 one seat (up 1).
Sport
July –
The Open Championship
(golf) held at
Royal Portrush Golf Club
; winner:
Shane Lowry
.
Deaths
21 January –
Padraic Fiacc
, poet, (born
1924
)
[2]
[3]
10 February –
Sam McCready
, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born
1936
)
[4]
[5]
18 April –
Lyra McKee
, journalist (born
1990
)
[6]
References
^
"Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack"
– via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
^
"Padraic Fiacc: Tributes after Belfast poet dies"
.
BBC News
. 22 January 2019
. Retrieved
17 February
2019
.
^
"Belfast poet Pádraic Fiacc's funeral to be held"
.
The Irish News
. 24 January 2019
. Retrieved
17 February
2019
.
^
Suzanne Mcgonagle (12 February 2019).
"Tributes paid to actor and playwright Sam McCready"
.
The Irish News
. Retrieved
12 February
2019
.
^
Laurence White (12 February 2019).
"Sam McCready, doyen of Ulster theatre, dies at the age of 82 in United States"
.
Belfast Telegraph
. Retrieved
12 February
2019
.
^
"Obituary: Lyra McKee, journalist who wrote about the troubles in her native Northern Ireland"
.
HeraldScotland
. Retrieved
24 October
2020
.
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