1943 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1943 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

• Governor - The Duke of Abercorn
• Prime Minister - J. M. Andrews (until 1 May), Basil Brooke (from 1 May)

Events

• 9 February – The Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie
• 1 May – Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
• 17 June – British aircraft carrier is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• 29 July – Cruiser is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.
• 27 November – British aircraft carrier is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast by Lady Brooke.

Arts and literature

• Release of the Crown Film Unit drama documentary short A Letter From Ulster directed by Brian Desmond Hurst assisted by William MacQuitty.
• Roy McFadden's poetry Swords and Ploughshares is published.
• John Luke paints Pax.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

:Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

:Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 - 0 Glentoran

Births

• 18 February – George Campbell, politician in Australia.
• 27 February – Jimmy Nicholson, footballer.
• 10 March – Eamonn McCann, journalist and political activist.
• 8 April – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, politician (died 2006).
• 16 April – Tom Lewis, singer-songwriter.
• 6 May – Peter Jackson, rugby journalist.
• 14 May – John Cushnie, gardener and broadcaster (died 2009).
• 22 May – Betty Williams, peace campaigner, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 2020).
• 18 June – Willie Irvine, footballer.
• 15 July – Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist.
• 21 July – Henry McCullough, guitarist.
• 15 August – Eileen Bell, Alliance Party MLA.
• 28 October – Kenneth Montgomery, conductor (died 2023 in the Netherlands).
• 31 October – Stephen Rea, actor.
• Full date unknown – Billy Brown, musician and artist (died 1999).

Deaths

• 19 July – Robert Alexander, rugby and cricket player (born 1910).

See also

• 1943 in Scotland
• 1943 in Wales

References