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1993 in Northern Ireland
Events during the year
1993 in
Northern Ireland
.
Incumbents
Monarch -
Elizabeth II
Events
24 June
-
Northern Ireland Minister
Michael Mates
resigns over links with tycoon
Asil Nadir
.
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
Irish Cup
Motorcycling
Cookstown 100
125cc race
Mountaineering
27 May - Belfast architect
Dawson Stelfox
becomes one of the first
Irish people
to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
.
Births
24 November -
Saoirse-Monica Jackson
, actress
Deaths
23 March -
Denis Parsons Burkitt
,
surgeon
.
14 September -
Sheelagh Murnaghan
, only
Ulster Liberal Party
Member of Parliament
at
Stormont
.
23 October -
Thomas Begley
, Provisional
Irish Republican Army
member killed planting
a bomb
.
15 November -
Jimmy McAlinden
, footballer and
football manager
.
9 December - Danny Blanchflower, footballer and football manager.