1987 in Northern Ireland
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1987 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- May 8 - The SAS kills 8 IRA members and a civilian in an ambush at Loughgall.
- November 8 - 11 civilians are killed in an IRA explosion during a Remembrance Day service in Enniskillen. (See: Remembrance Day Bombing)
[edit] Arts and literature
- Ciarán Carson's The Irish for No poetry collection is published and wins the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
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- Winners: Linfield
[edit] Births
- 2 January - Daryl Fordyce, footballer.
- 29 August - Tony Kane, footballer.
- 16 September - Kyle Lafferty, footballer.
- 25 October - Darron Gibson, footballer.
[edit] Deaths
- 27 April - Maurice Gibson, judge (b.1913).
- 7 May - Colin Blakely, actor (b.1930).
- 22 June - John Hewitt, poet (b. 1907).
- 3 December - George Seawright, Loyalist politician.
- 22 December - John McMichael, leading Ulster Defence Association member.
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