释义 |
- Incumbents
- Events
- Arts and literature
- Sport Football
- Births Full date unknown
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{YearInNorthernIrelandNav|1975}}Events during the year 1975 in Northern Ireland. IncumbentsEvents- 31 July - Miami Showband killings: Three members of The Miami Showband, together with two paramilitaries, are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force ambush in County Down as they return home to Dublin from playing at a dance in Banbridge.
Arts and literature- 14 May - Patrick Galvin's We Do It For Love, a satire on The Troubles, opens at the Lyric Theatre (Belfast).
- October - Stewart Parker's Spokesong opens at the Lyric (Belfast); his play I’m a Dreamer, Montreal is also written this year.
- The punk rock/new wave band which will become The Undertones is formed in Londonderry.
- William Peskett's poems The Nightowl’s Dissection are published.
SportFootballWinners: Linfield
Ballinamallard United F.C. established Winners: Coleraine 1 - 1, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 Linfield
Births- 18 February - Keith Gillespie, international soccer player.
- 9 June - Brian Magee, boxer.
- 24 July - Gordon Cooke, cricketer.
- 27 August - Kyle McCallan, cricketer.
- 4 September - Andrew Patterson, cricketer.
- 13 October - Oisín McConville, Armagh Gaelic footballer.
- 4 November - Warren Christie, actor.
Full date unknown- Cara Dillon, folk singer.
- Nick Laird, novelist and poet.
- Jason Maher, writer.
Deaths- 23 February - Ernest Blythe, writer, journalist and theatre manager, member of 1st Dáil and Cabinet Minister (born 1889).
- 28 April - Billy McMillen, Official Irish Republican Army officer, killed in feud with Irish National Liberation Army (born 1927).
- 25 October - Padraig Marrinan, artist (born 1906).
- 25 November - Moyna Macgill, stage and film actress, mother of Angela Lansbury (born 1895).
See also- 1975 in Scotland
- 1975 in Wales
References 2 : 1975 in Northern Ireland|1975 by country |