1966 in Northern Ireland

Updated on Oct 06, 2024

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Centuries: 20th21st
Decades: 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s

Incumbents

Monarch - Elizabeth II

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.

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.

Irish League

Irish Cup

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.

Cathy Wilkes, video artist.

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).

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