1960 in Northern Ireland

Events

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Glenavon

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

Births

*23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist.
*30 April - Colonel Tim Collins British Commander in Iraq.
*6 May - Roma Downey, actress and producer.
*13 May - Michael Savage, Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
*7 July - Billy Wright, former leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (d.1997).
*27 August - Mark Caughey, footballer.
*29 August - Dominic Bradley, SDLP MLA.
*29 August - Thomas Burns, SDLP MLA.
*10 October - Arlene McCarthy, Labour Party Member of the European Parliament.
*10 December - Kenneth Branagh, actor and director.

Full date unknown

*Robert Dunlop, motorcycle racer.
*Peter Heather, historian.
*Deirdre Madden, author.
*Ian McDonald, science fiction novelist.
*Jeff McWhinney, deaf community activist.

Deaths

*13 June - Kenneth McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (b.1881).
*20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (b.1913).
*25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (b.1884).