1999 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1999 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * First Minister - David Trimble
 * deputy First Minister - Seamus Mallon
 * Secretary of State - Mo Mowlam (until 11 October), Peter Mandelson (from 11 October)

Events

 * 15 March - Rosemary Nelson, a Lurgan solicitor, is killed in a car bomb attack by loyalist paramilitary group the Red Hand Defenders.
 * April - Senator George Mitchell Peace Bridge opened across the Border.
 * 14 May - The fully renovated St George's Market in Belfast reopens its doors.
 * 21 October - Peter Mandelson arrives in Belfast as the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 29 November - Ten designated ministers are appointed to the power-sharing executive of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
 * 2 December - The Irish Government ratifies changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. Direct rule from Westminster in Northern Ireland ends.
 * 13 December - The first meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council takes place in Armagh.
 * Nuala O'Loan is appointed as first Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

 * Ciaran Carson publishes The Ballad of HMS Belfast: A Compendium of Belfast Poems.
 * Seamus Heaney publishes a verse translation of Beowulf from the Old English.
 * Glenn Patterson publishes his novel The International.

Athletics

 * The 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 27–28 March in Belfast.

Football

 * Ulster Senior Football Championship
 * Winners: Armagh


 * Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
 * Winners: Crossmaglen Rangers


 * Irish League
 * Winners: Glentoran


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Portadown (as Cliftonville were disqualified)

Golf

 * The Amateur Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner:Graeme Storm).

Births

 * 4 January - Ross Corrigan, rower

January to June

 * 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 by loyalist paramilitary group.
 * 4 April - Sir James Flanagan, first and only Roman Catholic Chief Constable of the Royal 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

 * 1 July - William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 15 August - Paddy Devlin, a founder of the SDLP, a member of the 1974 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

 * Eamon Collins, Provisional Irish Republican Army activist and writer (b.1954).