2019 in Northern Ireland explained

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".^[1]
• 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)^{[2] [3]}
• 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936)^{[4] [5]}
• 18 April – Lyra McKee, journalist (born 1990)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
2. News: Padraic Fiacc: Tributes after Belfast poet dies . BBC News . 22 January 2019. 17 February 2019.
3. News: Belfast poet Pádraic Fiacc's funeral to be held . The Irish News . 24 January 2019. 17 February 2019.
4. News: Tributes paid to actor and playwright Sam McCready . The Irish News . Suzanne Mcgonagle . 12 February 2019. 12 February 2019.
5. News: Sam McCready, doyen of Ulster theatre, dies at the age of 82 in United States . Belfast Telegraph . Laurence White . 12 February 2019. 12 February 2019.
6. Web site: Obituary: Lyra McKee, journalist who wrote about the troubles in her native Northern Ireland . HeraldScotland . 24 October 2020 . en.