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1965 in Northern Ireland

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Centuries:
  
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Decades:
  
1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s

Incumbents

Monarch - Elizabeth II

Contents

Events

  • 14 January - Taoiseach Seán Lemass travels to Belfast for an historic meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill. First meeting of Prime Ministers in 43 years.
  • 21 January - Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin.
  • 18 March - The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Harry West attends a meeting with his Southern counterpart, Charles Haughey, in Dublin.

    • Arts and literature

  • Publication of Ten Poems by Michael Longley and Twelve Poems by Derek Mahon.

    • Football

  • Irish League
  • Irish Cup

    • January to June

  • 6 January - Esmond Birnie, Ulster Unionist Party former MLA and author.
  • 15 January - James Nesbitt, actor.
  • 26 January - Seán Savage, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • 10 February - Richard Orr, actor.
  • 20 February - Miriam Mone, fashion designer (died 2007).
  • 2 March - Lembit Öpik, UK Liberal Party MP.
  • 3 May - Gary Mitchell, playwright.
  • 7 May - Norman Whiteside, footballer.
  • 30 May - Briana Corrigan, singer.

    • July to December

  • 1 July - Jackie McKernan, discus thrower.
  • 20 July - Andy Black, poker player.
  • 24 July - Frank Mitchell, television presenter.
  • 22 September - Andy Cairns, songwriter and musician.
  • 10 November - Eddie Irvine, racecar driver.
  • 16 December - Noel Magee, boxer.

    • Full date unknown

  • Mark Carruthers, radio and television journalist.
  • Joe Ferguson, radio presenter.
  • Brian Irvine, composer.
  • Edwin Poots, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
  • Paul Seawright, artist.
  • Jim Shannon, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.

    • Deaths

  • 15 February - Sam Thompson, playwright (born 1916).
  • Helen Waddell, poet, translator and playwright (born 1889).

    • References

    1965 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia
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