1988 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1988 in Northern Ireland.
Events
- 11 January - SDLP leader, John Hume and Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin, have a surprise meeting in Belfast.[1]
- 6 March - Operation Flavius: A Special Air Service team of the British Army shoots dead a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) Active Service Unit (Danny McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell, unarmed at the time) in Gibraltar.
- 16 March - Milltown Cemetery attack: Three men are killed and 70 are wounded in a gun and grenade attack by loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone on mourners at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast during the funerals of the three IRA members killed in Gibraltar.
- 19 March - Corporals killings in Belfast: British Army corporals Woods and Howes are abducted, beaten and shot dead by Irish republicans after driving into the funeral cortege of IRA members killed in the Milltown Cemetery attack.
- 15 June - The IRA kills six British soldiers in a bomb attack in Lisburn.
- 20 August - Ballygawley bus bombing: Eight British soldiers are killed by an IRA bomb attack on their bus in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.[2]
- 12 October - As Pope John Paul II addresses the European Parliament, Ian Paisley heckles and denounces him as the Antichrist.
- 19 October - Broadcasting ban against Sinn Féin and other paramilitary linked groups begins.[1]
- 11 November - Belfast Castle is reopened to the public following major renovation by Belfast City Council.
Arts and literature
- 3 October - Marie Jones' play Under Napoleon's Nose is premiered on a schools tour.
- Glenn Patterson's first novel, Burning Your Own, is published.
Sport
Football
- Winners: Glentoran
- Winners: Dundalk 1 - 0 Derry City
Golf
- October 16 - In golf, Ireland (Eamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty, Des Smyth) wins the Dunhill Cup at St Andrew's.
Motorcycling
- Robert Dunlop wins the 125cc race at the Cookstown 100.
Births
- 3 January – Jonny Evans, footballer
- 12 January – Chris Casement, footballer
- 4 July – Conor MacNeill, actor
- 23 September – Mark Gallagher, footballer
- 2 November – Lisa Bowman, netball player[3]