1946 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1946 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- 19 March – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Work on HMS Powerful is suspended this year until she is recommenced in 1952 as HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22).
- 6 June – 1946 Down by-election: The Ulster Unionist Party gain Down in a by-election.
- 1 December – Nutts Corner opens as Northern Ireland's principal civil airport, replacing Belfast Harbour.
- Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.[1]
Arts and literature
- Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, and paints Northern Rhythm.
Births
January to June
- 9 February – Seán Neeson, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician
- 26 March – Carmel Hanna, SDLP MLA.
- 30 April – Fred Cobain, Ulster Unionist Party MLA
- 4 May – John Watson, racing car driver.
- 22 May – George Best, footballer (died 2005).
- 25 May – Ulster Unionist, later Democratic Unionist Party, politician.
- 21 June – Kate Hoey, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
- 30 June – Allan Hunter, footballer.
July to December
- 31 October – Stephen Rea, actor.
- 28 November – Barry Devlin, bass-player with Horslips.
- 31 December – Bryan Hamilton, footballer and football manager.
Full date unknown
- Maurice Harron, sculptor.
- Inez McCormack, trade union leader (died 2013).
- Tom McGurk, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
- Freddie Scappaticci, accused of being a high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- Raymond Snoddy, journalist and broadcaster.
See also
References
- ^ "Springtown Camp from the inside". Springtown Camp 1946-1967. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2011.