1947 in Northern Ireland

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Incumbents

22 April - British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Centaur (R06) (laid down 1944) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
11 August - The Enterprise express train service commences from Belfast to Dublin.

27–28 July - English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel, from Donaghadee in County Down to Portpatrick in Scotland.

23 February - Ken Goodall, international rugby player (died 2006).
5 March - Clodagh Rodgers, singer.
24 March - John Dallat, Social Democratic and Labour Party politician.
17 April - Linda Martin, singer.
23 April - Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Member of UK Parliament.
8 May - Dr John Reid, 13th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary.
18 May - Eileen Pollock, actress.
19 May - Paul Brady, singer/songwriter.
12 August - Seamus Close, former Alliance Party MLA.
3 September - Eric Bell, guitarist.
26 October - Sir Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
5 December - Seán Quinn, businessman.

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