1959 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1959 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 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.
- Manufacture of Spot-On models (1:42 scale die-cast model cars) by Lines Bros at Castlereagh in Belfast begins.
Arts and literature
[edit]- 31 October – Ulster Television, the ITV franchise for Northern Ireland, goes on air.[1]
Sport
[edit]Football
[edit]- Winners: Glenavon 1–1, 2–0 Ballymena United
Births
[edit]January to June
[edit]- 25 February – Stephen Moutray, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
- 31 March – Ali McMordie, punk rock bass guitarist.
- 26 April – Alex Attwood, SDLP MLA.
- 12 May – Mark Robinson, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
- 20 May – Gregory Gray, born Paul Lerwill, singer-songwriter (died 2019).
July to December
[edit]- 6 July – Danny Kennedy, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
- 11 July – Stephen Warke, cricketer.
- 3 September
- Dolores Kelly, SDLP MLA.
- Dick Strawbridge, engineer and television presenter.
- 17 September – Charles Lawson, actor.
- 11 October – David Morgan, television presenter and journalist (died 2016).
- 13 November
- Trevor Ringland, Irish rugby international.
- Davy Tweed, Irish rugby international, unionist councillor (died 2021).
- 17 November – Kate Thompson, actress and romantic novelist.
- 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 (died 2023).
Full date unknown
[edit]- Willie Doherty, installation and video artist.
Deaths
[edit]- January – William Forbes Marshall, Presbyterian minister and poet (born 1888).
- 4 February – Una O'Connor, actress (born 1880).
- 16 May – Elisha Scott, footballer (born 1894).
- 13 June – Seán Lester, diplomat and last Secretary General of the League of Nations (born 1888).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Huntingford, Richard Norman Legh, (born 14 May 1956), Chairman: Prince's Trust Trading Ltd, since 2010; Wireless Group plc (formerly UTV Media plc), since 2012", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2015, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u284216, retrieved 18 January 2022
- ^ "Northern Ireland – Final League Tables 1890-1998". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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