Events during the year 1991 in Northern Ireland.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 3 June - The British Special Air Service kills three Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) members in the Coagh ambush.
- 2 November - An IRA bomb explodes in Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, killing two British Army soldiers and injuring 11 other people.[1]
- Roscoff Restaurant in Belfast becomes the first in Northern Ireland to be awarded a Michelin star.
Arts and literature edit
- Brian Keenan publishes An Evil Cradling, an autobiographical account of more than four years as a hostage in Beirut.
- Michael Longley's collection Gorse Fires is published; it will win the Whitbread Poetry Award.
Sport edit
Football edit
- Winners: Portadown
Motorcycling edit
- Robert Dunlop wins the 125cc race at the Cookstown 100, and the 125cc and Junior TT races at the Isle of Man TT.
Births edit
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Deaths edit
- 17 October - J. G. Devlin, actor (born 1907).
- 13 November - Francis Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (born 1916).
- November - George Otto Simms, Archbishop of Armagh.
Full date unknown edit
- Professor John Dundee, leading anaesthetist (born 1921).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Musgrave Park Hospital (Bombing)". Hansard. House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 1991-11-04. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-07-30.