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1966 in Northern Ireland

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

Decades:
  
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Incumbents

Monarch - Elizabeth II

Contents

Events

  • 17 April - In Belfast, the Easter Rising is commemorated by large republican parades.
  • 26 June - Ulster Volunteer Force engages in three sectarian murders.
  • 23 November - By-election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland in the Queen's University of Belfast constituency, the last election prior to the seat's abolition in 1969. Robert Porter (Ulster Unionist Party) wins.
  • Divis Tower in Belfast is built.

    • Arts and literature

  • Seamus Heaney's first poetry collection, Death of a Naturalist.
  • Ulster Orchestra founded in Belfast by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, with Maurice Miles as its first principal conductor and János Fürst as leader.

    • Football

  • Irish League
  • Irish Cup

    • Births

  • 3 January - Martin Galway, composer for games.
  • 24 January - Jimeoin, comedian and actor.
  • 8 March - Enda Gormley, Gaelic footballer.
  • 25 March - Anton Rogan, footballer.
  • 22 August - Nigel Sullivan, HR Director, TalkTalk Group.
  • 30 August - Peter Cunnah, singer and songwriter.
  • 12 October - Brian Kennedy, singer, Eurovision song contestant and writer.
  • 28 October - Jules Maxwell, songwriter and composer.
  • 16 November - Paul Millar, footballer and football manager.
  • 12 December - Ian Paisley, Jr., Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
  • 20 December - Dekker Curry, cricketer.
  • 27 December - Henry Downey, Derry GAA hurler and Gaelic footballer.
  • John McCrea, comic artist.
  • Barry McElduff, Sinn Féin MLA.
  • Cathy Wilkes, video artist.

    • Deaths

  • 28 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (born 1878).
  • 1 April - Brian O'Nolan, novelist, satirist and humorist (born 1911).
  • Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (born 1914).

    • References

    1966 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia
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