2011 in Northern Ireland

• First Minister - Peter Robinson
• deputy First Minister - Martin McGuiness
• Acting deputy first minister - John O'Dowd (20 September – 31 October)
• Secretary of State - Owen Paterson

• 4 January – A partial solar eclipse is visible during sunrise in Northern Ireland[https://archive.today/20120804114517/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/eclipse-signals-a-duller-start-to-year-for-workers-15045156.html Eclipse signals a duller start to year for workers.] Belfast Telegraph, 2011-01-04.
• 5 January – Edward Stevenson elected grand master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, replacing Robert Saulters, who held the post for 14 years{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12113105|title=Orange order elect Edward Stevenson as grand master|date=5 January 2011|publisher=BBC News Northern Ireland|accessdate=5 January 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110105090225/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12113105| archivedate= 5 January 2011 | url-status= live}}
• 6 January - Laurence Mackenzie resigns as chief executive of Northern Ireland Water in response to criticism of the organisation's handling of a water shortage{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12126247 | title=NI Water overwhelmed by 1m contacts from customers | publisher=BBC News | date=6 January 2011 | accessdate=21 December 2014}}
• 26 January – British prime minister David Cameron announces Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams' resignation from the British House of Commons by appointment as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead (technically an "office of profit under the Crown").[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_08_11.htm Manor of Northstead] British Treasury, 2011-01-26.[https://archive.today/20120804150049/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/elections/adams-resigns-from-westminister-seat-2512403.html Adams resigns from Westminister seat] Irish Independent, 2011-01-26. This resignation is to enable Adams to stand in the general election in the Republic of Ireland in the Louth constituency, where he is elected on 25 February{{cite news|title=Louth |publisher=RTÉ News |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228221707/http://www.rte.ie/news/election2011/results/louth.html |archivedate=2011-02-28 }}
• 28 March – The British government issues a formal apology to the family of Majella O'Hare who was a 12-year-old that was shot and killed by a British paratrooper in 1976.{{Cite news |date=2011-03-28 |title=Majella O'Hare's brother responds to government apology |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-12877797 |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
• 31 March – {{HMS|Caroline|1914}} decommissioned in Belfast
• 10 June – Sinn Féin's Paul Maskey wins the West Belfast by-election{{cite web|title=Sinn Fein's Paul Maskey wins West Belfast by-election|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=10 June 2011|accessdate= 11 June 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110610112645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13718129| archivedate= 10 June 2011 |url-status=live}}
• 20 June – 2011 Northern Ireland riots originate in East Belfast
• 25 June – Peace Bridge across the River Foyle in Derry opens
• 6 November – Alasdair McDonnell elected new SDLP leader{{cite web|title=Alasdair McDonnell elected new SDLP leader|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15607201|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=6 November 2011|accessdate= 6 November 2011}}
• 30 November – Thousands of public sector workers across Northern Ireland take strike action in the biggest walk-out in a generation{{cite web|title=Strike to cause major disruption in Northern Ireland|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15953652|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=30 November 2011|accessdate= 30 November 2011}}

• 4 January – Author Maggie O'Farrell, born in Coleraine, wins the 2010 Costa novel award for her novel, The Hand That First Held Mine[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0104/breaking33.html Derry-born author wins Costa prize.] Irish Times, 2010-01-04.
• 17 April – Epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones, filmed in Belfast and on location elsewhere in Northern Ireland, premieres on HBO in the United States
• 1 May – New Lyric Theatre, Belfast, designed by O'Donnell & Tuomey of Dublin, opens{{cite news|first=Rowan|last=Moore|title=Architecture|work=The Observer|location=London|date=2011-12-11|page=21 (The New Review)}}
• 26 September – Singer Rihanna is asked by farmer and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) alderman Alan Graham to leave his grain field near Ballygilbert when she strips to the waist while recording a music video[https://archive.today/20120723102818/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/topless-rihanna-rattles-northern-ireland-farmer-with-risque-video-shoot-16055569.html Topless Rihanna rattles Northern Ireland farmer with risque video shoot] Belfast Telegraph, 2011-09-27.
• October – Lucy Caldwell is awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature{{cite web|title=Novelist and Dramatist Lucy Caldwell Awarded Rooney Prize 2011 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 |publisher=Trinity College Dublin |date=26 October 2011 |accessdate=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119073203/http://www.tcd.ie/Communications/news/pressreleases/pressRelease.php?headerID=2116&vs_date=2011-10-26 |archivedate=19 January 2012 }}
• Eoghan Walls's poetry collection The Salt Harvest is published{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Sansom|title=David Park|newspaper=The Guardian Review|location=London|date=21 April 2012|pages=12–13}}

• 17 March – Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) defeated St. Bridgid's (Roscommon) 2–11 to 1–11 to win the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0317/crossmaglen_brigids.html Crossmaglen win club football title] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321070737/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0317/crossmaglen_brigids.html |date=2011-03-21 }}, RTÉ Sport, 2011-03-17
• 17 July – Donegal defeat Derry 1–11 to 0–08 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship[http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_footballchampionship.html Football Championship Fixtures and Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013123/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_footballchampionship.html |date=2011-07-24 }}, RTÉ Sport

• 2 January – Pete Postlethwaite, 64: English actor, of cancer. Portrayed Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerard Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, in the 1994 film In the Name of the Father[https://archive.today/20120720100141/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/pete-postlethwaite-death-gerard-conlon-mourns-lsquoscreen-dadrsquo-15045161.html Pete Postlethwaite death: Gerard Conlon mourns 'screen dad'.] Belfast Telegraph, 2011-01-04.
• 29 January – Raymond McClean, 78: former SDLP Mayor of Derry, civil rights activist, author.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12325099 Tributes paid to Dr Raymond McClean] BBC News, 2011-01-31.
• 6 February – Gary Moore, 58: former Thin Lizzy guitarist. Heart attack while on holiday in Estepona, Spain[https://archive.today/20120804130620/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/rock-legend-gary-moore-found-dead-2527823.html Rock legend Gary Moore found dead] Sunday Independent, 2011-02-06.[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0206/breaking25.html Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Moore dies] Irish Times, 2011-02-06.[https://archive.today/20120804161815/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/lizzy-guitarist-died-of-a-heart-attack-2529412.html Lizzy guitarist died of a heart attack] Irish Independent, 2011-02-08.

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