Events from the year 2019 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents First minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant deputy first minister of Northern Ireland – Vacant Secretary of state for Northern Ireland – Karen Bradley (until 24 July), Julian Smith (from 24 July)
Events 19 January – car bomb attack at a courthouse in Derry, for which the New IRA are the "main line of enquiry". 2 May – Elections in all 11 councils in Northern Ireland. 18 September – The Historical Enquiries Team finds the British Army responsible for the Killing of Thomas Mills, a 1972 death of a night watchman that had long been attributed to the IRA. 12 December – Northern Ireland's 18 seats in the British House of Commons are contested in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. The results are DUP 8 seats (down 1), Sinn Féin 7 seats (no change), SDLP 2 seats (up 2), and Alliance Party 1 one seat (up 1).
Sport July – The Open Championship (golf) held at Royal Portrush Golf Club; winner: Shane Lowry.
Deaths 21 January – Padraic Fiacc, poet, (born 1924) 10 February – Sam McCready, actor, theatre director and playwright, (born 1936) 18 April – Lyra McKee, journalist (born 1990)
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