1955 in Northern Ireland

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in Northern Ireland → 1956 1957 1958
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	1955 in the United Kingdom 1955 in Ireland Other events of 1955 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• 21 July - The BBC brings into service its Divis transmitter, its first permanent facility serving Northern Ireland, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35 kW transmissions can also be readily received in much of the Republic of Ireland.^[1]

Arts and literature

• 22 March - A fire destroys much of the original rococo interior of Florence Court.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon

Births

• 11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.
• 20 January - Joe Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 25 February - Davy Hyland, Sinn Féin, later independent, MLA.
• 28 March - John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004.
• 2 April - Michael Stone, Ulster loyalist paramilitary.
• 23 June - Ken Reid, television journalist.
• 6 July - Michael Boyd, theatre director.
• 1 August - Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
• 27 September
  • Gerry Convery, Canadian darts player.
  • Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
• 30 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (died 1994).
• 16 October - Kieran Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (died on hunger strike 1981).
• 7 December - John McClelland, footballer.
• Undated
  • Bríd Brennan, actress.
  • Billy Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party leader.
  • Paddy McKillen, property investor.

Deaths

• 22 January - Moira O'Neill, poet (born 1864).
• 14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (born 1885).
• 18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (born 1894).
• 14 December - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (born 1915).
• Undated
  • Margaret McCoubrey, suffragette and pacifist (born 1880 in Scotland).
  • Unsinkable Sam, ship's cat (born before 1941 in Germany).

References

1. "The 1950s". Irish TV: The story of Irish Television. Retrieved 2012-02-15.