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词条 1955 in Northern Ireland
释义

  1. Incumbents

  2. Events

  3. Arts and literature

  4. Sport

     Football 

  5. Births

  6. Deaths

  7. See also

  8. References

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Events during the year 1955 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

  • Monarch - Elizabeth II

Events

  • 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.

Sport

Football

  • Irish League

Winners: Linfield

  • Irish Cup

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

References

1. ^{{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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