1944 in Northern Ireland

Updated on Oct 06, 2024

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Centuries: 20th21st
Decades: 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s

This is a list of events that happened in Northern Ireland in 1944.

Incumbents

Monarch - George VI

13 March - The British Government probibits all travel between Great Britain and Ireland.

20 May - Aircraft carrier HMS Warrior (R31) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.

22 August - Men from Tyrone and Fermanagh form an Anti-Partition League in Dublin.

16 November - Aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.

Robert Greacen's poetry Northern Harvest and One Recent Evening is published.

Forrest Reid's novel Young Tom is published.

John Luke paints The Road to the West.

Irish League

Irish Cup

5 January - Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, businessman (killed in helicopter accident in England 2014).

27 January - Mairead Corrigan, peace activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

20 March - Alan Harper, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (2007 - ).

28 March - Nell McCafferty, journalist, writer and playwright.

28 May - Patricia Quinn, actress.

3 June - Thomas Burns, Bishop of the Forces.

8 June - David Craig, footballer.

24 July - Jim Armstrong, guitarist.

15 October - David Trimble, former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

28 October - Gerry Anderson, radio and television broadcaster (died 2014).

Ian Adamson - Ulster Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast.

Colin McClelland, journalist.

Ruth Patterson, first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

June - Joseph Campbell, poet and lyricist (born 1879).

28 November - Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet, Unionist MP and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925-1937 (born 1864).

Noble Huston, Presbyterian minister and dog breeder.

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