1955 in Northern Ireland

	1955 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1955 in the United Kingdom 1955 in Ireland Other events of 1955 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon

11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.
20 January - Joe Doherty, former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
25 February - Davy Hyland, former Sinn Féin, now independent, MLA.
28 March - John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004.
2 April - Michael Stone, loyalist paramilitary who carried out the Milltown Massacre, currently under arrest after illegally entering Stormont while armed.
23 June - Ken Reid, television journalist.
1 August - Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
27 September - Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
30 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (d.1994).
16 October - Kieran Doherty, Irish republican hunger striker and volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (d.1981).
7 December - John McClelland, footballer.

14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (b.1885).
18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (b.1894).
14 December - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (b.1915).