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1995 in Northern Ireland

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

Decades:
  
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Elizabeth II
  • Events

  • 27 January - Taoiseach, John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions.
  • 22 February - The British Prime Minister, John Major, and the Irish Taoiseach, John Bruton, launch the framework document regarding Northern Ireland.
  • 7 March - Sir Patrick Mayhew, Northern Ireland Secretary, sets out the conditions for Sinn Féin to join all-party talks, including 'the actual decommissioning of some arms.'
  • 19 May - Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh make a visit to Northern Ireland. On the same day US President Bill Clinton approves a visa for Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
  • 4 June - Ireland qualifies for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
  • 13 August - Gerry Adams tells a rally in Belfast that the IRA 'haven't gone away.'
  • 9 September - David Trimble becomes leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
  • 30 November - American President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spend the day in Northern Ireland.
  • Arts and literature

  • 5 October - Seamus Heaney is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • BBC Northern Ireland television broadcasts The Hole in the Wall Gang's comedy Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, the pilot for Give My Head Peace.
  • Ormeau Baths Gallery opened in Belfast, on the site of a Victorian Bath House.
  • Michael Longley's translation of classical verse into Ulster Scots, The Ghost Orchid, is published.
  • Boxing

  • Wayne McCullough wins WBC Bantamweight title.
  • Football

  • Irish League
  • Irish Cup
  • FAI Cup
  • Harry Gregg, former international footballer, awarded an MBE.
  • Gaelic Athletic Association

  • September 17 - Dublin are the All-Ireland football Champions following victory over Tyrone. Peter Canavan is unlucky to be on the losing side following his personal haul of 11 points in the final.
  • Births

  • 21 January - Andrew Watson, racing driver
  • Deaths

  • 29 March - Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), dancer and singer (born 1957).
  • 6 May - Noel Brotherston, footballer (born 1956).
  • 7 June - Joseph Tomelty, actor, novelist and playwright (born 1911).
  • 27 June - Gordon Wilson, peace campaigner (born 1927).
  • 21 September - Frank Hall, journalist and satirist (born 1921).
  • References

    1995 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia