1974 in Northern Ireland

	1974 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1974 in the United Kingdom 1974 in Ireland Other events of 1974

[edit] Events

2 January - First day in office of the Northern Ireland Executive.
15 February - A 600lb bomb explodes in Dungannon.
28 February - United Kingdom general election
5 March - Merlyn Rees becomes Secretary of State for Northern Ireland^[1].
14 May - Northern Ireland grinds to a halt as the Ulster Workers' Council calls a strike following the defeat of an anti-Sunningdale Agreement motion.
21 May - In Northern Ireland the Ulster Workers' Council strike comes to an end.
28 May - The five-month old Northern Ireland Executive collapses.
10 October - The second United Kingdom general election of the year.
15 October - Republican prisoners attack guards and set fire to huts in Long Kesh^[1].
16 October - Republican women prisoners in Armagh prison hold governor and three guards hostage^[1].
7 November - An IRA bomb explodes at the Kings Arms, Woolwich.
27 November - The Prevention of Terrorism Act is passed in the United Kingdom.
8 December - Irish Republican Socialist Party formed^[1].
15 December - Price sisters transferred to an English jail (following hungerstrike which had ended in June)^[1].
22 December - second cease-fire between IRA and British (lasts until about April 1975)^[1].
Samson crane is completed at Harland and Wolff shipyard.