1984 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II

  Events

• 14 March - Sinn Féin MP Gerry Adams is shot and wounded in Belfast.
• 2 May - The New Ireland Forum publishes its report presenting three possibilities for discussion: a unitary Irish state, a federal/confederal state and joint sovereignty.
• 18 June - European Parliament elections are held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
• 1 October - The University of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II. It also absorbs Ulster Polytechnic during the year.
• 17 October - Foyle Bridge in Derry is officially opened, with the longest span in Ireland.

  Arts and literature

• Graham Reid's play Remembrance is first produced at the Lyric Theatre, and his television play A Coming to Terms for Billy, last in the trilogy of "Billy plays", is shown in BBC1's Play for Today series, starring Kenneth Branagh.

  Sport

Football

• Irish League
• Irish Cup

  Births

• 5 July - Boyd Rankin, cricketer.
• 19 July - Neil McCafferty, footballer.
• 6 September - William Porterfield, cricketer.
• 20 October - Andrew Trimble, international rugby player.
• 23 October - Ruaidhri Higgins, footballer.
• 14 December - Chris Brunt, footballer

  Deaths

• 3 March - Rinty Monaghan, world flyweight boxing champion
• 6 April - Jimmy Kennedy, songwriter.
• June - Alec Mackie, soccer player.
• 30 December - William Bedell Stanford, classical scholar and senator