1960 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Glenavon

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 5 - 1 Ards

[edit] Births

• 23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist.
• 30 April - Colonel Tim Collins British Commander in Iraq.
• 6 May - Roma Downey, actress and producer.
• 13 May - Michael Savage, Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
• 7 July - Billy Wright, former leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (d.1997).
• 27 August - Mark Caughey, footballer.
• 29 August - Dominic Bradley, SDLP MLA.
• 29 August - Thomas Burns, SDLP MLA.
• 10 October - Arlene McCarthy, Labour Party Member of the European Parliament.
• 10 December - Kenneth Branagh, actor and director.

[edit] Full date unknown

• Robert Dunlop, motorcycle racer.
• Peter Heather, historian.
• Deirdre Madden, author.
• Ian McDonald, science fiction novelist.
• Jeff McWhinney, deaf community activist.

[edit] Deaths

• 13 June - Kenneth McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (b.1881).
• 20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (b.1913).
• 25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (b.1884).