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2019 In Northern Ireland
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". * 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) * 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936) * 18 April – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Minister And Deputy First Minister Of Northern Ireland
The First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the joint heads of government of the Northern Ireland Executive and have overall responsibility for the running of the Executive Office. Despite the different titles for the two offices, the two positions have the same governmental power, resulting in a duumvirate; the deputy First Minister is not subordinate to the First Minister. Created under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, both were initially nominated and appointed by members of the Northern Ireland Assembly on a joint ticket by a cross-community vote, using consociational principles. That process was changed following the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, meaning that the First Minister is nominated by the largest party overall, and the deputy First Minister is nominated by the largest party in the next largest community designation. On 17 June 2021, despite a letter from the Democratic Unionist Party chairman and other senior party members, DUP leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom. It is organised by the R&A. The Open is one of the four men's major golf tournaments, the others being the Masters Tournament, the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open. Since the PGA Championship moved to May in 2019, the Open has been chronologically the fourth and final major tournament of the year. It is held in mid-July. It is called The Open because it is in theory "open" to all, i.e. professional and amateur golfers. In practice, the current event is a professional tournament in which a small number of the world's leading amateurs also play, by invitation or qualification. The success of the tournament has led to many other open golf tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Northern Ireland
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". * 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) * 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936) * 18 April – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1990 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Secretary of State - Peter Brooke Events *1 January - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law. *24 July - The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh. *24 August - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut. *6 September - RFA ''Fort Victoria'' bombing: RFA ''Fort Victoria'', launched three months earlier at Harland and Wolff's shipyard, is boarded by an IRA unit in Belfast who plant bombs on board, one of which explodes, causing considerable damage. *24 October - The IRA kills six soldiers and a civilian in bomb attacks in Derry and Newry. Arts and literature *6 February - Marie Jones' ''The Hamster Wheel'' opens at The Arts Theatre, Belfast. *24 April - Brian Friel's ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' opens at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. *Ciarán Carson's ''Belfast Confetti'' poetry collection is published and wins the Irish Tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyra McKee
Lyra Catherine McKee ( 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, a news aggregator website. On 18 April 2019, McKee was fatally shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry. Early life and education McKee was born on 31 March 1990 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her interest in journalism began at fourteen years old when she wrote for the school newspaper at St Gemma's High School. By the following year she joined Children's Express (shortly to be renamed Headliners), a charity that supports young people through helping them develop journalism skills, and through that was awarded the Young Journalist Award by Sky News in 2006. She studied online journalism at Birmingham City University under Paul Bradshaw, pursuing an Master of Arts degree, but did not graduate. She was posthumously awarded an MA in online journalism in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1936 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor - The Duke of Abercorn * Prime Minister - James Craig Events *Public Order Act is introduced, giving the Chief Constable power to impose conditions on parades or public processions if it is believed that they would lead to public disorder. *The British Air Ministry forms a new aircraft factory in Belfast, creating a new company owned 50% each by Harland and Wolff and Short Brothers, Short & Harland Ltd. Arts and literature *Belfast School of Music opens its new premises. *Construction begins on the BBC's Broadcasting House, Belfast. *1 November – Louis MacNeice's translation of ''The Agamemnon of Aeschylus'' is premiered in London. Sport Football * Irish League ::Winners: Belfast Celtic *Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Derry City Births *20 February – Roy Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party MP. *7 March – Freddie Gilroy, boxer. *13 March – Stanley Hewitt, cricketer (died 2001). *5 April – J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam McCready (actor)
Sam McCready (22 November 1936 – 10 February 2019) was an actor, theatre director and playwright who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of 13 children of David and Sarah McCready, he lived in Northern Ireland and in the United States with his wife Joan Carslake whom he met in 1958 at Stranmillis College, Belfast, and married in 1962. They had two children. Sam McCready was a founder member of the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, with whom he founded the Lyric Youth Theatre (1968), and later still the Lyric Drama Studio (1978). He performed and directed theatre productions in Europe and the US, and with Joan McCready was the founder and co-Artistic Director of Two-for-One Productions, a touring company which specializes in small-scale productions. He conducted the Drama Workshop at the Yeats International Summer School, Sligo regularly from 1999. He also gained a reputation as a painter with major exhibitions in Ireland and the United States. He was represented by ArtisAnn G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1924 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor - The Duke of Abercorn * Prime Minister - James Craig Events *24 March – Ballycastle Railway closes due to financial difficulties. *24 April – No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. *6 May – James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission. *11 August – Ballycastle Railway reopens under Northern Counties Committee ownership. *14 September – First BBC broadcast from Belfast (station 2BE). *24 October – Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland. Arts and literature Sport Football *International ::1 March Scotland 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow) ::15 March Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Wales ::22 October England 3 - 1 Northern Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padraic Fiacc
Padraic Fiacc (born Patrick Joseph O'Connor; 15 April 1924 – 21 January 2019) was an Irish poet, and member of Aosdána, the exclusive Irish Arts Academy. Biographical information Born Patrick Joseph O'Connor in Belfast to Bernard and Annie (née McGarry) O'Connor, Fiacc's father was a barman who left for the United States when Fiacc was very young. Fiacc resided with his maternal grandparents who had recently moved to the Markets area of South Belfast after being burned out of their home in Lisburn in which all their furniture was burned by anti-Catholic rioters. His family emigrated to the United States in the late 1920s and he grew up in New York City. He returned to Belfast in 1946 where he lived for four years before returning to New York in 1950; he grew up in Hell's Kitchen. The multicultural influences, coupled with the poverty and violence of the neighbourhood impacted Fiacc's outlook and his writing, especially his early writing. Education and early writing He atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Lowry
Shane Lowry (born 2 April 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. His notable achievements include winning the 2019 Open Championship, the Irish Open as an amateur in 2009, and the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Early life Born in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Lowry grew up in Clara, County Offaly. He is the son of Brendan Lowry, who won the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final with Offaly. Shane Lowry maintained his links with Offaly as his golfing career advanced, saying in 2021: "But any time I get the chance to go to O'Connor Park and watch Offaly play, I do and I am the first to give out if they lose and I am sitting in the stand." Lowry learned his early golf at Esker Hills Golf Club, where he began his amateur career. He attended Athlone Institute of Technology as a scholarship student on the Higher Certificate in Sport and Recreation. Amateur career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Portrush Golf Club
Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the rota of the Open Championship and last hosted the tournament in 2019. In 1951, Royal Portrush first hosted the Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships; it was the first Open not held on the island of Great Britain. The Open returned to Portrush in 2019, and it will host again in 2025. It also hosted the Irish Open in 2012, the first in Northern Ireland since 1953. The Dunluce Links course is considered to be one of the best courses in the world. It was ranked fourth by ''Golf World'' in their list of "The 100 greatest courses in the British Isles" in November 1996. ''Golf Magazine'' ranked it twelfth in their list of the Top 100 Courses in the World, and ''Golf Digest'' ranked it as the fourth best course outside the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Party Of Northern Ireland
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland. As of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, it is the third-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, holding seventeen seats, and has made recent breakthroughs to place third in first preference votes in the 2019 European Parliament election and third highest-polling regionally at the 2019 UK general election. The party won one of the three Northern Ireland seats in the European Parliament, and one seat, North Down, in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Founded in 1970 from the New Ulster Movement, the Alliance Party originally represented moderate and non-sectarian unionism. However, over time, particularly in the 1990s, it moved towards neutrality on the Union, and has come to represent wider liberal and non-sectarian concerns. It supports the Good Friday Agreement but maintains a desire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
