1994 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II

  Events

• 2 June - 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash: A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members.
• 18 June - Loughinisland massacre: Members of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force attack a crowded bar at Loughinisland in County Down with assault rifles, killing six.
• 31 August - The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces a complete cessation of military operations.
• 6 September - Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, John Hume and Gerry Adams hold an historic meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin. All three pledge their commitment to the democratic idea.
• 13 October - Loyalist paramilitary groups announce a ceasefire six weeks after the IRA.
• Armagh is restored to city status in the United Kingdom.
• Lagan Weir in Belfast is completed.
• Northern Ireland population estimated to be 1,643,700.

  Arts and literature

• 18 May - Anne Devlin's play After Easter is premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon and wins her the Lloyds Playwright of the Year award.
• 8 August - Marie Jones' monodrama A Night in November is premiered in Belfast, played by Dan Gordon.
• Colin Bateman's Divorcing Jack is published and is awarded the Betty Trask Prize by the Society of Authors, for the best debut by a writer under the age of 35.
• Maurice Leitch's novel Gilchrist is published.
• Eoin McNamee's novel Resurrection Man is published.
• Danny Morrison's novel On The Back of the Swallow is published.
• Paul Muldoon's poetry collection The Annals of Chile is published and wins the T. S. Eliot Prize.
• The alternative rock band Snow Patrol is formed by students from Northern Ireland at the University of Dundee.

  Sport

Football

• Irish League
• Irish Cup
• FAI Cup

  Motorcycling

• Robert Dunlop suffers a major accident at the Isle of Man Formula One TT, putting him out of action for the rest of 1994 and 1995.

  Births

Deaths

• 11 July - Ray Smallwoods, Ulster Democratic Party leader.
• 19 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan.