1966 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• 8 March - Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Street is blown up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
• 1 April - Author and satirist Brian O'Nolan (Flann O'Brien) dies.
• 17 April - In Belfast the Easter Rising is commemorated by large republican parades.
• 26 June - Ulster Volunteer Force engages in three sectarian murders^[1].
• Divis Tower in Belfast is built.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glentoran 2 - 0 Linfield

[edit] Births

• 3 January - Martin Galway, composer for games.
• 24 January - Jimeoin, comedian and actor.
• 8 March - Enda Gormley, Gaelic footballer.
• 25 March - Anton Rogan, footballer.
• 30 August - Peter Cunnah, singer and songwriter.
• 12 October - Brian Kennedy, singer, Eurovision song contestant and writer.
• 28 October - Jules Maxwell, songwriter and composer.
• 16 November - Paul Millar, footballer and football manager.
• 12 December - Ian Paisley, Jr., Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
• 20 December - Dekker Curry, cricketer.
• 27 December - Henry Downey, Derry GAA hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• John McCrea, comic artist.
• Barry McElduff, Sinn Féin MLA.

[edit] Deaths

• 28 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (b.1878).
• April 1 - Brian O'Nolan, novelist, satirist and humorist (b.1911).
• Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (b.1914).

[edit] References

1. ^ Larkspirit Irish History