1983 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 23 May - The Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim celebrates its 350th anniversary.
- 30 May - The inaugural meeting of the New Ireland Forum takes place at Dublin Castle.
- 10 June - Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin is elected the new Member of Parliament for West Belfast.
- 23 September - Maze Prison escape: 38 prisoners hijack a lorry and escape from HM Prison Maze; one guard dies of a heart attack and twenty others injured. Nineteen of the prisoners are later apprehended.
- 21 November - Three elders shot dead during service in Darkley Pentecostal Church, County Armagh. The shooting was claimed by the Catholic Reaction Force[1].
- The airfield at Sydenham, Belfast is opened as the Belfast Harbour Airport.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Linfield
- Pat Jennings becomes the first footballer to play in 1,000 Football League matches.
[edit] Motorcycling
- Robert Dunlop wins Newcomers 350cc Isle of Man TT race.
[edit] Births
- 2 February - Bridget McKeever, international hockey player.
- 9 May - Alan Campbell, sculler.
- 17 June - Connie Fisher, actress and singer.
[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).
- 21 August - Francis Evans, British diplomat (b.1897).
- 15 November - John Rea, hammered dulcimer player.
- 23 December - Colin Middleton, artist (b.1910).
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- F. S. L. Lyons, historian (b.1923).
