1983 in Northern Ireland
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1983 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- May 23 - The Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim celebrates its 350th anniversary.
- May 30 - The inaugural meeting of the New Ireland Forum takes place at Dublin Castle.
- June 10 - Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin is elected the new Member of Parliament for West Belfast.
- September 23 - Mass outbreak in Maze prison: 38 prisoners hijack a lorry and crash out of the gate; one guard is killed and five others injured. Nineteen of the prisoners are later apprehended.
- November 21 - Three elders shot dead during service in Darkley Pentecostal Church, County Armagh. The shooting was claimed by the Catholic Reaction Force[1].
- December 17 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb kills six Christmas shoppers and injures 90 outside Harrods in London.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Linfield
- Pat Jennings become the first footballer to play in 1,000 Football League matches.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 20 April - Sarah Makem, traditional singer (b.1900).
- 4 July - John Bodkin Adams, general practitioner in Eastbourne cleared of murdering one of his patients (b.1899).
- 15 November - John Rea, hammered dulcimer player.
- 23 December - Colin Middleton, artist (b.1910).
