1990 in Northern Ireland

Events

*1 January - The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act becomes law.
*24 July - The IRA kills three policemen and a nun in a bomb attack near Armagh.
*24 August - Brian Keenan is released after 1574 days in captivity in Beirut.
*24 October - The IRA kills 6 soldiers and a civilian in bomb attacks at Derry and Newry.

Arts and literature

*Ciarán Carson's "Belfast Confetti" poetry collection is published and wins the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry.
* Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at the Abbey Theatre.

port

Football

*Northern Ireland does not qualify for the 1990 world cup

*Irish League::Winners: Portadown

*Irish Cup::Winners: Glentoran 3 - 0 Portadown

Golf

*Ireland (David Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton) win the Dunhill Cup.

Motorcycling

*Robert Dunlop wins three MCN Supercup races, two races at the North West 200 and the 125cc race at the Isle of Man TT.

Births

*25 January - Michael Clarke, radio presenter.

Deaths

*21 January - Patrick Mulligan, Bishop of Clogher 1970-1979 (b.1912).
*12 February - Harold McCusker, Ulster Unionist Party MP (b.1940).
*6 April - Peter Doherty, footballer (b.1913).
*8 May - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 1978-1990 (b.1923).
*12 June - Terence O'Neill, Fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1914).
*1 October - John Stewart Bell, scientist (b.1928).
*15 October - David McCalden, Holocaust denier (b.1951).
*18 November - Fred Daly, golfer (b.1911).