1991 in Northern Ireland

Centuries:	20th; 21st;
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See also:	1991 in the United Kingdom; 1991 in Ireland; Other events of 1991; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events during the year 1991 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Monarch - Elizabeth II

Events

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

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

Football

Irish League

Winners: Portadown

Irish Cup

Winners: Portadown 2 - 1 Glenavon

Motorcycling

Robert Dunlop wins the 125cc race at the Cookstown 100, and the 125cc and Junior TT races at the Isle of Man TT.

Births

Deaths

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

Professor John Dundee, leading anaesthetist (born 1921).

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References

"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.

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[1] "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.