1960 in Northern Ireland

← 1959 1958 1957 1960 in Northern Ireland → 1961 1962 1963
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	1960 in the United Kingdom 1960 in Ireland Other events of 1960 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• 16 March - Passenger liner SS Canberra is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast (for P&O).
• 6 April - Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft makes its first transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back, flying from Belfast Harbour Airport.^[1]
• 13 April - MV Arlanza becomes the last passenger liner launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast (for Royal Mail Line).

Arts and literature

• 26 January - First staging of Sam Thompson's play Over the Bridge, at the Empire Theatre, Belfast.^[2]

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Glenavon

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 5 - 1 Ards

Births

• 23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist.
• 30 April - Colonel Tim Collins British Commander in Iraq.
• 6 May - Roma Downey, actress and producer.
• 13 May - Michael Savage, Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
• 7 July - Billy Wright, former leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (died 1997).
• 27 August - Mark Caughey, footballer.
• 29 August - Dominic Bradley, SDLP MLA.
• 29 August - Thomas Burns, SDLP MLA.
• 10 October - Arlene McCarthy, Labour Party Member of the European Parliament.
• 25 November - Robert Dunlop, motorcycle racer (died 2008).
• 10 December - Kenneth Branagh, actor and director.

Full date unknown

• Peter Heather, historian.
• Deirdre Madden, author.
• Ian McDonald, science fiction novelist.
• Jeff McWhinney, deaf community activist.

Deaths

• 9 March - Jack Beattie, Labour politician (born 1886).
• 13 June - Ken McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (born 1881).
• 20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (born 1913).
• 1 September - Robert Moore, minister of religion and politician (born 1886).
• 25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (born 1884).

References

1. "Airport History". George Best Belfast City Airport. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
2. "Plaque to mark Belfast playwright". BBC NI News (26 January 2010). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.