- 1983 in Northern Ireland
Events
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23 May - The Bushmills Distillery inCounty Antrim celebrates its 350th anniversary.
*30 May - The inaugural meeting of theNew Ireland Forum takes place atDublin Castle .
*10 June -Gerry Adams ofSinn Féin is elected the newMember of Parliament forWest Belfast .
*23 September -Maze Prison escape : 38 prisoners hijack a lorry and escape fromHM 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 inDarkley Pentecostal Church,County Armagh . The shooting was claimed by theCatholic Reaction Force [ [http://www.larkspirit.com/history/chronology.html Larkspirit Irish History] ] .
*The airfield atSydenham, Belfast is opened as the Belfast Harbour Airport.Arts and literature
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Football
*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Glentoran 1 - 1, 2 - 1 Linfield*
Pat Jennings becomes the first footballer to play in 1,000 Football League matches.Motorcycling
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Robert Dunlop wins Newcomers 350ccIsle of Man TT race.Births
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2 February -Bridget McKeever , international hockey player.
*9 May - Alan Campbell, sculler.
*17 June -Connie Fisher , actress and singer.Deaths
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20 April -Sarah Makem , traditional singer (b.1900).
*4 July -John Bodkin Adams ,general practitioner inEastbourne 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).Full date unknown
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F. S. L. Lyons , historian (b.1923).References
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