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- Incumbents
- Events
- Arts and literature
- Sport Football
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2012}}{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}{{YearInNorthernIrelandNav|1955}}Events during the year 1955 in Northern Ireland. IncumbentsEvents- 21 July - The BBC brings into service its Divis transmitter, its first permanent facility serving Northern Ireland, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35 kW transmissions can also be readily received in much of the Republic of Ireland.[1]
Arts and literature- 22 March - A fire destroys much of the original rococo interior of Florence Court.
SportFootballWinners: Linfield
Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon
Births- 11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.
- 20 January - Joe Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- 25 February - Davy Hyland, Sinn Féin, later independent, MLA.
- 28 March - John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004.
- 2 April - Michael Stone, Ulster loyalist paramilitary.
- 23 June - Ken Reid, television journalist.
- 6 July - Michael Boyd, theatre director.
- 1 August - Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
- 27 September
- Gerry Convery, Canadian darts player.
- Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
- 30 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (died 1994).
- 16 October - Kieran Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (died on hunger strike 1981).
- 7 December - John McClelland, footballer.
- Undated
- Bríd Brennan, actress.
- Billy Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party leader.
- Paddy McKillen, property investor.
Deaths- 22 January - Moira O'Neill, poet (born 1864).
- 14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (born 1885).
- 18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (born 1893).
- 14 December - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (born 1915).
- Undated
- Margaret McCoubrey, suffragette and pacifist (born 1880 in Scotland).
- Unsinkable Sam, ship's cat (born before 1941 in Germany).
See also- 1955 in Scotland
- 1955 in Wales
References1. ^{{cite web|title=The 1950s |work=Irish TV: The story of Irish Television |url=http://www.irish-tv.com/hist50s.asp |accessdate=2012-02-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414124210/http://www.irish-tv.com/hist50s.asp |archivedate=14 April 2009 |df= }}
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