1943 in Northern Ireland

Events

• 9 February - the Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie
• 1 May - Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Arts and literature

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 - 0 Glentoran

Births

• 18 February - George Campbell, politician in Australia.
• 27 February - Jimmy Nicholson, footballer.
• 8 April - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, politician (d.2006).
• 16 April - Tom Lewis, singer-songwriter.
• 14 May - John Cushnie, gardener and broadcaster (d.2009).
• 22 May - Betty Williams, peace campaigner, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 18 June - Willie Irvine, footballer.
• 15 July - Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist.
• 21 July - Henry McCullough, guitarist.
• 15 August - Eileen Bell, Alliance Party MLA.
• 31 October - Stephen Rea, actor.

Full date unknown

• Billy Brown, musician and artist (d.1999).
• Eamonn McCann, journalist and political activist.
• Kenneth Montgomery, conductor.

Deaths

• 19 July - Robert Alexander, rugby and cricket player (b.1910).