1966 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1966 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January - Start of The Troubles as retrospectively defined by the UK Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 for the purposes of the act.[1]
- 17 April - In Belfast, the Easter Rising is commemorated by large republican parades.
- 26 June - Ulster Volunteer Force engages in three sectarian murders.[2]
- 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
[edit]- 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.[3]
Sport
[edit]Football
[edit]- Winners: Linfield
Births
[edit]- 3 January - Martin Galway, composer for games.
- 24 January - Jimeoin, comedian and actor.
- 8 March - Enda Gormley, Gaelic footballer.
- 25 March - Anton Rogan, footballer.
- 16 August - Barry McElduff, Sinn Féin MLA.
- 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, multimedia artist.
Deaths
[edit]- 28 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of First Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (born 1878).
- 1 April - Brian O'Nolan, novelist, satirist and humorist (born 1911).
- 15 July - Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (born 1914).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Section 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2023-09-18, 2023 c. 41 (s. 1), retrieved 2026-03-05
- ↑ "Larkspirit Irish History". larkspirit.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009.
- ↑ Schweitzer, Vivien (2007-01-08). "Hungarian Conductor János Fürst Dies at 71". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 2012-07-26.