1959 in Northern Ireland

	1959 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1959 in the United Kingdom 1959 in Ireland Other events of 1959 List of years in Northern Ireland

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.

Winners: Linfield

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

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.

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).