1991 in Northern Ireland
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Events
- 3 June - The British Army kill three Provisional Irish Republican Army members in Coagh.
- 2 November - An IRA bomb explodes in Musgrave Park Hospital killing two British Army soldiers and injuring 11 other people.[1]
Arts and literature
- Brian Keenan publishes An Evil Cradling, an autobiographical account of more than four years as a hostage in Beirut.
- Michael Longley's collection Gorse Fires is published; it will win the Whitbread Poetry Award.
Sport
Football
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- Winners: Portadown
Motorcycling
- Robert Dunlop wins the 125cc race at the Cookstown 100, and the 125cc and Junior TT races at the Isle of Man TT.
Births
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Deaths
- 17 October - J. G. Devlin, actor (born 1907).
- 13 November - Francis Blackwood, 10th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (born 1916).
- November - George Otto Simms, Archbishop of Armagh.
Full date unknown
- Professor John Dundee, leading anaesthetist (born 1921).
References
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