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2002 in Northern Ireland

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Events during the year 2002 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

  • First Minister - David Trimble (until 14 October)
  • Deputy First Minister - Mark Durkan (until 14 October)
  • Secretary of State - John Reid (until October 24), Paul Murphy (from October 24)

Events

  • 9 January – Holy Cross dispute: Confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School, a Roman Catholic girls' school in the largely Protestant Ardoyne district, during the afternoon school run, explode into widespread sectarian rioting which spreads across north Belfast and continues on 10 January, when the school is closed.
  • 14 February – Kilkeel fishing boat The Tullaghmurray Lass is lost with all three crew in the Irish Sea.
  • February – West Belfast Task Force recommends creation of the Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast.
  • 14 March – Lisburn and Newry are granted city status.
  • 5 April – The first recruits of the new Police Service of Northern Ireland graduate.
  • May – May 2002 Belfast riots
  • 31 May to 3 June – 2002 Short Strand clashes
  • 4 October – "Stormontgate": Denis Donaldson, Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland Assembly group administrator, and two others are arrested for intelligence-gathering.
  • 14 October – The Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive are suspended by order of the Secretary of State.
  • Work is completed on the renovation of the Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast.

Arts and literature

  • David Park's novel The Big Snow is published.
  • Richard Dormer's one-man play Hurricane (based on the life of snooker player Alex Higgins) opens at the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast.

Sport

Football

  • Irish League ::Winners: Portadown

  • Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 2 – 1 Portadown

  • FAI Cup ::Winners: Derry City 1 – 0 Shamrock Rovers

Gaelic Athletic Association

  • Ulster Senior Football Championship Final
- **All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final** ::Armagh 1–12 – 0–14 Kerry ### Golf - Senior British Open Championship held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: Noboru Sugai). - Graeme McDowell turns professional and wins that season's Volvo Scandinavian Masters. ### Ice Hockey - Belfast Giants win the Ice Hockey Superleague championship. ## Deaths - 8 January – David McWilliams, singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1945). - 26 February – Helen Megaw, crystallographer (born 1907). - 19 March – David Beers Quinn, historian (born 1909). - 13 April – Desmond Titterington, racing driver (born 1928). - 17 May – James Chichester-Clark, Fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1923). - 28 August – Jim McFadden, ice hockey player (born 1920). - 3 October – John Erritt, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service (born 1931). - 17 October - Derek Bell, harpist and composer (born 1935). ## References ## References 1. (11 January 200). ["More schools caught in cycle of hate"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/11/northernireland.schools). *[[The Guardian]]*. 2. (25 March 2002). ["Search for family postponed"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1891146.stm). *BBC News*. 3. (February 2002). ["West Belfast Task Force Report"](http://www.detini.gov.uk/west_belfast_report-_cover___exec_summary.pdf). *West Belfast Task Force*. 4. (14 March 2002). ["Two NI towns awarded city status"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1872287.stm). *[[BBC News]]*. 5. (5 April 2002). ["All change for NI police"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1911817.stm). *BBC News*. 6. (5 May 2002). ["Man shot in Belfast riots"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1968543.stm). *BBC News*. 7. (29 August 2002). ["Northern Ireland timeline: September 2001 to August 2002"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/aug/29/northernireland.northernireland). 8. (2009). ["The A to Z of the Northern Ireland Conflict"](https://books.google.com/books?id=NFr9NteKEagC&q=Stormontgate+4+October+2002&pg=PA240). *Scarecrow Press*. 9. (14 October 2002). ["Suspension of the Northern Ireland assembly"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/14/qanda.northernireland). 10. (24 April 2006). ["Time Leans for No Man"](http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/time-leans-no-man). 11. (16 January 2002). ["The Big Snow by David Park"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-big-snow-by-david-park-5362503.html). 12. (27 January 2011). ["Hurricane"](http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/reviews/performing-arts/hurricane). 13. (27 April 2002). ["Portadown win Irish League title"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/1952891.stm). 14. (8 May 2010). ["Linfield 2-1 Portadown"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8669943.stm). 15. (16 February 2011). ["Derry City edge Rovers in FAI Cup final – Irish Echo"](http://irishecho.com/2011/02/derry-city-edge-rovers-in-fai-cup-final-5/). 16. (7 July 2002). ["Clockwatch: Armagh are champions"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/2110287.stm). 17. (23 September 2002). ["Salute Armagh's All-Ireland victory"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/2025163.stm). 18. ["Sugai hangs on for Senior Open title"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sugai-hangs-on-for-senior-open-title-1.431291). 19. ["Local lad is the toast of Portrush and Rathmore Golf clubs"](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/local-lad-is-the-toast-of-portrush-and-rathmore-golf-clubs-1.681561). 20. (22 June 2003). ["Giants on the rocks"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/3010778.stm). 21. (16 March 2002). ["David McWilliams"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-mcwilliams-9188402.html). 22. (6 April 2002). ["Obituary: David Quinn"](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/apr/06/guardianobituaries.highereducation). 23. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619083104/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/titterington/index.html Profile on F1 Rejects] 24. (20 May 2002). ["Obituary: Lord Moyola"](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/20/guardianobituaries.northernireland). 25. ["Jim McFadden Stats"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mcfadji01.html). 26. (December 2007). ["Erritt, (Michael) John (Mackey) : Who Was Who – oi"](http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15060). *Oxford University Press*. 27. (19 October 2002). ["Obituary: Derek Bell"](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/19/guardianobituaries.arts1). ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_Northern_Ireland) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_in_Northern_Ireland?action=history). ::
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