1994 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1994 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State - Patrick Mayhew

Events

 * 2 June - 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash: A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members.
 * 18 June - Loughinisland massacre: Members of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force attack a crowded bar at Loughinisland in County Down with assault rifles, killing six.
 * 31 August - The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces a complete cessation of military operations.
 * 6 September - Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, John Hume and Gerry Adams hold an historic meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea.
 * 13 October - Loyalist paramilitary groups announce a ceasefire six weeks after the IRA.
 * Armagh is restored to city status in the United Kingdom.
 * Lagan Weir in Belfast is completed.
 * Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,643,700.

Arts and literature

 * 18 May - Anne Devlin's play After Easter is premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon and wins her the Lloyds Playwright of the Year award.
 * 8 August - Marie Jones' monodrama A Night in November is premiered in Belfast, played by Dan Gordon.
 * Colin Bateman's Divorcing Jack is published and is awarded the Betty Trask Prize by the Society of Authors, for the best debut by a writer under the age of 35.
 * Maurice Leitch's novel Gilchrist is published.
 * Eoin McNamee's novel Resurrection Man is published.
 * Danny Morrison's novel On The Back of the Swallow is published.
 * Paul Muldoon's poetry collection The Annals of Chile is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize.
 * The alternative rock band Snow Patrol is formed by students from Northern Ireland at the University of Dundee.

Football

 * Irish League
 * Winners: Linfield


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Bangor


 * FAI Cup
 * Winners: Sligo Rovers 1 - 0 Derry City

Motorcycling

 * Robert Dunlop suffers a major accident at the Isle of Man Formula One TT, putting him out of action for the rest of 1994 and 1995.

Deaths

 * 11 July - Ray Smallwoods, Ulster Democratic Party leader.
 * 19 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (born 1955).