2019 in Northern Ireland
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Events from the year 2019 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
- First minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant
- deputy first minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant
- Secretary of state for Northern Ireland – Karen Bradley (until 24 July), Julian Smith (from 24 July)
Events
- 19 January – car bomb attack at a courthouse in Derry, for which the New IRA are the "main line of enquiry".{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/police-arrest-further-two-men-in-connection-with-londonderry-car-bomb-attack-37729490.html|title=Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack|publisher=|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}
- 2 May – Elections in all 11 councils in Northern Ireland.
- 18 September – The Historical Enquiries Team finds the British Army responsible for the Killing of Thomas Mills, a 1972 death of a night watchman that had long been attributed to the IRA.{{Cite news |date=2019-09-18 |title=Man shot dead was 'not killed by the IRA' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49747202 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
- 12 December – Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the British House of Commons are contested in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. The results are DUP 8 seats (down 1), Sinn Féin 7 seats (no change), SDLP 2 seats (up 2), and Alliance Party 1 one seat (up 1).
Sport
- July – The Open Championship (golf) held at Royal Portrush Golf Club; winner: Shane Lowry.
Deaths
- 21 January – Padraic Fiacc, poet, (born 1924){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-46968281 |title=Padraic Fiacc: Tributes after Belfast poet dies |work=BBC News |date=22 January 2019|accessdate=17 February 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/01/24/news/belfast-poet-pa-draic-fiacc-s-funeral-to-be-held-1534946/ |title=Belfast poet Pádraic Fiacc's funeral to be held |work=The Irish News |date=24 January 2019|accessdate=17 February 2019}}
- 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936){{cite news |url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/02/12/news/tributes-paid-to-actor-and-playwright-sam-mccready-1549755/ |title=Tributes paid to actor and playwright Sam McCready |work=The Irish News | author=Suzanne Mcgonagle |date=12 February 2019|accessdate=12 February 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/sam-mccready-doyen-of-ulster-theatre-dies-at-the-age-of-82-in-united-states-37806364.html |title=Sam McCready, doyen of Ulster theatre, dies at the age of 82 in United States |work=Belfast Telegraph | author=Laurence White |date=12 February 2019|accessdate=12 February 2019}}
- 18 April – Lyra McKee, journalist (born 1990){{cite web |title=Obituary: Lyra McKee, journalist who wrote about the troubles in her native Northern Ireland |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17588275.obituary-lyra-mckee-journalist-wrote-troubles-native-northern-ireland/ |website=HeraldScotland |accessdate=24 October 2020 |language=en}}