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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2012}}{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}{{YearInNorthernIrelandNav|1954}}Events during the year 1954 in Northern Ireland. IncumbentsEvents- 6 April – Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.[1]
- 12 June – An Irish Republican Army unit carries out a successful arms raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh signalling the renewal of IRA activity following a long hiatus.
- 17 August – Ocean liner SS Southern Cross is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.
- The Republican political party Fianna Uladh is formed by Liam Kelly as the political wing of Saor Uladh.[2]
- Roselawn Cemetery opens in Belfast.
Arts and literature- John Hewitt's The Bloody Brae: A Dramatic Poem (1936) is first broadcast on the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service.
SportFootballWinners: Linfield
Winners: Derry City 2 – 2, 0 – 0, 1 – 0 Glentoran
Births- 9 March – Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and MP (died on hunger strike 1981).
- 8 April – Joe Kernan, Gaelic footballer and manager.
- 28 April – Monica McWilliams, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA, later Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
- 11 May – Jane Morrice, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA.
- 23 May – Gerry Armstrong, footballer.
- 23 June – Michael Copeland, Unionist politician.
- 2 August – Sammy McIlroy, footballer and football manager.
- 28 August – Clive Culbertson, mystic, musician and healer.
- 12 October – Kieran Deeny, medical doctor turned independent politician and MLA.
- 19 October – Angela Feeney, opera singer.
- Eamon Collins, Provisional Irish Republican Army activist and writer (died 1999).
- Martin O'Brien, journalist.
- Marian Price, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer.
Deaths- 1 May – James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865).
- 11 October – Thomas Leslie Teevan, Unionist politician and lawyer (born 1927).
See also- 1954 in Scotland
- 1954 in Wales
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|accessdate=28 January 2010}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Hanley|first1=Brian|last2=Millar|first2=Scott|year=2009|title=The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party|location=Dublin|publisher=Penguin Ireland|page=11}}
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