Events during the year 2015 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Peter Robinson Peter Robinson may refer to: Entertainment * Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1873–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film ''Freaks'' (1932) * J. Peter Robinson (born 1945), British musician and film score ...

**Acting First Minister -

Arlene Foster Arlene Isobel Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (née Kelly; born 17 July 1970), is a British broadcaster and politician from Northern Ireland who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and from 2020 to 2021 and ...

(20 September - 31 October) * deputy First Minister -

Martin McGuiness James Martin Pacelli McGuinness ( ga, Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman from Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during ...

* Secretary of State - Theresa Villiers

Events

January

* 1 January –

New Year's Day New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...

(public holiday).All Holidays for 2015
Bank Holiday Dates for Northern Ireland. Retrieved: 2014-12-18.

February

* 17 February – The Police Service of Northern Ireland received a phone call, allegedly from a dissident republican group, claiming to have planted an explosive in a Curryneirin neighborhood outside

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

. Police evacuated 12 homes before finding a device, saying, "It's a bomb and designed to kill".

March

* 11 March – A major fire occurred in Derry. The blaze broke out at around 12:50 GMT on the Queens Quay area of the city. One hundred and thirty fire fighters were at the scene. Major disruption was caused around the city but no-one was hurt. * 13 March – Northern Ireland faced its biggest strike yet with teachers, public transport, ambulance staff, civil servants, and others striking because of staff and budget cuts. It caused major disruption across the province. * 15 March – Mothering Sunday. * 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day (public holiday). * 29 March – Palm Sunday. Clocks went forward one hour when

British Summer Time During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and ev ...

(BST) began.

April

* 1 April- Northern Ireland's brand new super councils came down from 26 to just 11. * 3 April –

Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...

(public holiday). * 6 April –

Easter Monday Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...

(public holiday). * 15 April – A fishing boat, the ''Karen'', with nets in the water, was dragged backwards rapidly in the Irish Sea, 30 kilometres from Ardglass, County Down, at the Calf of Man. The trawler was badly damaged but the four crew members were unhurt; they suspected they were dragged by a Russian submarine.

May

* 4 May – May Day and

Labour Day Labour Day ('' Labor Day'' in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for ...

(public holiday). * 25 May – Spring public holiday.

June

* 21 June – Father's Day.

July

* 12 July –

Orangeman's Day The Twelfth (also called Orangemen's Day) is an Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster. It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William III of England, W ...

(''actual date''). * 13 July – Orangeman's Day (''observed'').

Marching season Parades are an important part of the culture of Northern Ireland. Although the majority of parades are held by Ulster Protestant, unionist or Ulster loyalist groups; Irish nationalist, republican and non-political groups also parade. The Parades ...

culminates in The Twelfth celebration of the

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...

and the Battle of the Boyne.

August

* 31 August – August public holiday.

October

* 25 October – Clocks go back one hour when

(BST) ends. * 31 October – Hallowe'en.

December

* 25 December – Christmas Day (public holiday). * 26 December –

Boxing Day Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday. It ...

(''actual date''). * 28 December – Boxing Day (''observed'').

Sports

Association football

; International friendly matches * 25 March – Scotland v Northern Ireland. ;

Euro 2016 qualifiers The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015 to determine the 23 UEFA member men's national teams joining the automatically qualified host team France in the UEFA Euro 2 ...

* 29 March – Northern Ireland v Finland. * 13 June – Northern Ireland v Romania. * 4 September – Faroe Islands v Northern Ireland. * 7 September – Northern Ireland v Hungary. * 8 October – Northern Ireland v Greece. * 11 October – Finland v Northern Ireland.Finland v Northern Ireland
UEFA. Retrieved: 2014-12-18.

Deaths

References

{{Reflist Northern Ireland