1995 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Secretary of State - Patrick Mayhew

Events

• 27 January - Taoiseach John Bruton, and Gerry Adams hold their first formal discussions.
• 22 February - The British Prime Minister, John Major, and the Irish Taoiseach, John Bruton, launch the framework document regarding Northern Ireland.
• 7 March - Sir Patrick Mayhew, Northern Ireland Secretary, sets out the conditions for Sinn Féin to join all-party talks, including 'the actual decommissioning of some arms.'
• 19 May - Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh make a visit to Northern Ireland. On the same day US President Bill Clinton approves a visa for Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
• 4 June - Ireland qualifies for the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup.
• 13 August - Gerry Adams tells a rally in Belfast that the IRA 'haven't gone away.'
• 9 September - David Trimble becomes leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
• 30 November - American President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spend the day in Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

• 5 October - Seamus Heaney is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• BBC Northern Ireland television broadcasts The Hole in the Wall Gang's comedy Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, the pilot for Give My Head Peace.
• Ormeau Baths Gallery opened in Belfast, on the site of a Victorian bath house.
• Phil Coulter writes the anthem "Ireland's Call" to a commission from the Irish Rugby Football Union.
• Michael Longley's translation of classical verse into Ulster Scots, The Ghost Orchid, is published.

Sport

Boxing

• Wayne McCullough wins WBC Bantamweight title.

Football

• Irish League
• Irish Cup
• FAI Cup
• Harry Gregg, former international footballer, awarded an MBE.

Gaelic Athletic Association

• September 17 - Dublin are the All-Ireland football Champions following victory over Tyrone. Peter Canavan is unlucky to be on the losing side following his personal haul of 11 points in the final.

Births

• 21 January - Andrew Watson, racing driver

Deaths

• 29 March - Jimmy McShane, dancer and singer.
• 6 May - Noel Brotherston, footballer.
• 7 June - Joseph Tomelty, actor, novelist and playwright.
• 27 June - Gordon Wilson, peace campaigner.
• 21 September - Frank Hall, journalist and satirist.