1955 in Northern Ireland

1955 in Northern Ireland

Events

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon

Births

*11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.
*20 January - Joe Doherty, former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
*25 February - Davy Hyland, former Sinn Féin , now independent, MLA.
*28 March - John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004.
*2 April - Michael Stone, loyalist paramilitary who carried out the Milltown Massacre, currently under arrest after illegally entering Stormont while armed.
*23 June - Ken Reid, television journalist.
*1 August - Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
*27 September - Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
*30 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (d.1994).
*16 October - Kieran Doherty, Irish republican hunger striker and volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (d.1981).
*7 December - John McClelland, footballer.

Deaths

*14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (b.1885).
*18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (b.1894).
*14 December - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (b.1915).

Full date unknown

*Moira O'Neill, poet (b.1864).


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