1961 in Northern Ireland

1961 in Northern Ireland

Events

*December 20 - The last legal execution in Ireland occurs in Belfast, Northern Ireland - it is of Robert McGladdery for murder.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Glenavon 5 - 1 Linfield

Births

*15 January - Damian O'Neill, guitarist.
*15 June - Dave McAuley, boxer.
*10 September - Ian Stewart, footballer.
*4 November - Nigel Worthington, footballer, football manager and manager of Northern Ireland national football team.
*26 December - John Lynch, actor.
*Maureen Boyle, poet.
*Bob Gilmore, musicologist and musician.
*Owen McCafferty, playwright.
*Eoin McNamee, novelist and screenwriter.
*Marcas Ó Murchú, traditional flute player.
*Glenn Patterson, writer.

Deaths

*18 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (b.1885).
*25 September - James Crichton, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 at Crevecoeur, France (b.1879).
*8 December - Seamus Robinson, member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army (b.1890).
*20 December - Robert McGladdery, murderer and last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.


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