1983 in Northern Ireland

	1983 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1983 in the United Kingdom 1983 in Ireland Other events of 1983 List of years in Northern Ireland

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.
25 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 are 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.

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Glentoran 1 - 1, 2 - 1 Linfield

Pat Jennings becomes the first footballer to play in 1,000 Football League matches.

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).