2005 in Northern Ireland

The following details notable events from the year 2005 in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a country of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west.

2005
in
Northern Ireland

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Decades:
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Incumbents

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Events

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Arts and literature

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  • Nick Laird's poems To a Fault (January)[24] and novel Utterly Monkey (May) were published.[25]

Sport

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Football

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Northern Ireland failed to qualify
Winners: Linfield[29]
Winners: Glentoran[30]
Winners: Portadown 5–1 Larne[31]

Gaelic games

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Ice hockey

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Motorcycling

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  • 8 February – Robert Dunlop was the first person to be elected to the Irish Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and came back out of retirement.[38]

Rugby union

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bridge warning call after death". BBC News. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Ten years on, still no justice for Robert McCartney". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ Melaugh, Martin. "CAIN: Events: Peace: Irish Republican Army (IRA) statement in response to political developments following the 'Northern Bank robbery', (2 February 2005)". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Blair apologises to Guildford Four family". The Guardian. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Several arrested over Belfast bank robbery". The Guardian. 17 February 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (4 March 2005). "Sinn Féin suspends seven after bar murder". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Family encouraged by Bush talks". BBC News. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ "UK General Election 2005: Results and statistics [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Trimble to announce resignation". The Guardian. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  10. ^ "PSNI in the sky with helicopter". BBC News. 31 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  11. ^ Melaugh, Martin. "CAIN: Events: Peace: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Statement on the Shooting of Kathleen Feeney on 14 November 1973, Quarry Street, Derry. 23 June 2005". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  12. ^ Melaugh, Martin. "CAIN: Events: Peace: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Statement on the Ending of the Armed Campaign, (28 July 2005)". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Army begins removing Divis post". BBC News. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  14. ^ McCarra, Kevin (8 September 2005). "World Cup qualifying: Northern Ireland 1 - 0 England". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  15. ^ "50 police officers injured in Belfast riots". The Guardian. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  16. ^ "What is the UVF?". BBC News. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  17. ^ Melaugh, Martin. "CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'H'". cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  18. ^ Dalai Lama begins NI peace visit BBC News, 2005-11-20.
  19. ^ His Holiness welcomed by Northern Ireland’s oldest peace movement Phayul.com, 2005-11-21.
  20. ^ "'Determined terrorist' convicted in Belfast". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Final farewell to football legend". BBC News. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  22. ^ "President & Queen in historic North meeting". RTÉ.ie. 8 December 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  23. ^ "'Gay weddings' first for Belfast". BBC News. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  24. ^ "To a Fault". Public Store View. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  25. ^ "Portrait: Nick Laird". The Guardian. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  26. ^ "Steven Davis - FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying - Northern Ireland". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  27. ^ "Northern Ireland 1-4 Germany". BBC Sport. 4 June 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  28. ^ "N Ireland 1-1 Portugal". BBC Sport. 15 November 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  29. ^ "Setanta Sports Cup: Linfield focused on trophy success". BBC Sport. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  30. ^ "Glentoran lift Irish League title". BBC Sport. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  31. ^ "Ports hammer Larne in cup decider". BBC Sport. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  32. ^ "About the IFA". IFA. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  33. ^ "Under-19 - France savour first triumph". UEFA.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  34. ^ "UEFA Champions League 2005/06 - History - Shelbourne-Glentoran – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  35. ^ "Troubled times for Down". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  36. ^ Nolan, Pat (29 August 2016). "The 10 best football games of the millennium". irishmirror. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  37. ^ "PREVIOUS WINNERS". www.eliteleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  38. ^ "Robert Dunlop". www.biker-gifts.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  39. ^ "FLASHBACK: Review of the 2005 RBS 6 Nations". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  40. ^ Road, Rupert Bates at Lansdowne (13 November 2005). "Irish routed by second string". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  41. ^ "Irish Rugby". irishrugby.ie. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  42. ^ Peters, Keith (28 November 2005). "Irish silver lining hides dark cloud". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  43. ^ "What the papers say". BBC News. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  44. ^ "Top chef in death crash". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  45. ^ Langdon, Julia (19 August 2005). "Obituary: Mo Mowlam". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  46. ^ McHardy, Anne (26 August 2005). "Obituary: Lord Fitt". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  47. ^ McHardy, Anne (6 October 2005). "Obituary: Jim Gray". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  48. ^ Glanville, Brian; Doyle, Paul (25 November 2005). "George Best RIP". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  49. ^ "Sir Charles Brett". The Independent. 24 December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2018.