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

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

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

Sport

Football

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

Gaelic games

Ice hockey

Motorcycling

  • 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

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "Bridge warning call after death". BBC News. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. "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.
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