- 1999 in Northern Ireland
Events
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15 March -Rosemary Nelson ,Lurgan solicitor killed in a car bomb attack byloyalist paramilitary group,Red Hand Defenders .
*14 May - The fully renovatedSt George's Market inBelfast reopens its doors.
*22 May - The electorate of the entire island ofIreland go to the polls to vote on theGood Friday Agreement .
*23 May - People North and South give their overwhelming support to the Good Friday Agreement.
*21 October -Peter Mandelson arrives inBelfast as the newSecretary of State for Northern Ireland .
*29 November - Ten designated ministers are appointed to the power-sharingNorthern Ireland Assembly .
*2 December - TheIrish Government ratifies changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Direct rule fromWestminster inNorthern Ireland ends.
*13 December - The first meeting of theNorth-South Ministerial Council takes place inArmagh .
*Nuala O'Loan is appointed as firstPolice Ombudsman for Northern Ireland .Arts and literature
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Seamus Heaney publishes a verse translation of "Beowulf " from the Old English.port
Athletics
*The 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 27-
28 March inBelfast .Football
*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Portadown (as Cliftonville were disqualified)Golf
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The Amateur Championship is held atRoyal County Down Golf Club , (winner:Graeme Storm ).Births
Deaths
January to June
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11 January - Brian Moore, novelist (b.1921).
*15 January -Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry ,Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (b.1919).
*28 January -Markey Robinson , artist (b.1918).
*15 March -Rosemary Nelson , solicitor killed byloyalist paramilitary group.
*4 April - Sir James Flanagan, first and only Roman CatholicChief Constable of theRoyal Ulster Constabulary . (b.1914).
*3 May -Paddy Kennedy ,Republican Labour Party Councillor and MP (b.1942).
*6 June - Billy Brown, musician and artist (b.1943).
*29 June -Declan Mulholland , actor (b.1932).July to December
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1 July -William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw , firstSecretary of State for Northern Ireland .
*15 August -Paddy Devlin , a founder of the SDLP, a member of the1974 Power Sharing Executive and author (b.1925).
*21 August -Noel Larmour , cricketer and diplomat (b.1916).
*23 August - James White, science fiction novelist (b.1928).
*15 October -Josef Locke , tenor (b.1917).Full date unknown
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Eamon Collins ,Provisional Irish Republican Army activist and writer (b.1954).
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