1959 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to December 4.3 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown

[edit] Events

• 10 February - Unions vote to end the 15-year split in the Irish trade union movement. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions results from the merger of the TUC and the CIU.
• 22 September - At its inaugural conference the Irish Congress of Trade Unions attacks the government of Northern Ireland for not recognising the new organisation.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glenavon 1 - 1, 2 - 0 Ballymena United

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• 25 February - Stephen Moutray, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
• 31 March - Ali McMordie, bass guitarist.
• 26 April - Alex Attwood, SDLP MLA.
• 12 May - Mark Robinson, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
• 24 May - Jake McMahon, unsolved murder victim (d.1978).

[edit] July to December

• 6 July - Danny Kennedy, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
• 11 July - Stephen Warke, cricketer.
• 3 September - Dolores Kelly, SDLP MLA.
• 3 September - Dick Strawbridge, engineer and television presenter.
• 17 September - Charles Lawson, actor.
• 11 October - David Morgan, television presenter and journalist.
• 13 November - Davy Tweed, former Irish rugby international, former Democratic Unionist Party, now independent, councillor.
• 13 November - Trevor Ringland, former Irish rugby international.
• 18 November - Jimmy Quinn, footballer and football manager.
• 3 December - Eamonn Holmes, television and radio presenter.
• 9 December - Paul Jackson, cricketer.
• 15 December - Hugh Russell, boxer.

[edit] Full date unknown

• Willie Doherty, installation and video artist.
• John Farry, singer/songwriter.
• Kate Thompson, actress and writer.

[edit] Deaths

• 4 February - Una O'Connor, actress (b.1880).
• 16 May - Elisha Scott, footballer (b.1894).
• 13 June - Seán Lester, diplomat and last Secretary General of the League of Nations (b.1888).

[edit] Full date unknown

• W. F. Marshall, Presbyterian minister and poet (b.1888).