Events during the year 1955 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
:Winners: Linfield
:Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon
Births
- 11 January â Brian Gregory, footballer.
- 20 January â Joe Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- 25 February â Davy Hyland, Sinn Féin, later independent, MLA.
- 28 March â John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998âÂÂ2004.
- 2 April â Michael Stone, Ulster loyalist paramilitary.
- 30 April â BJ Hogg, actor (died 2020).
- 23 June â Ken Reid, television journalist.
- 6 July â Michael Boyd, theatre director (died 2023).
- 1 August â Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
- 27 September
- Gerry Convery, Canadian darts player.
- Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
- 30 September â Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (died 1994).
- 16 October â Kieran Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (died 1981 on hunger strike).
- 7 December â John McClelland, footballer.
- Undated
- BrÃÂd Brennan, actress.
- Billy Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party leader.
- Paddy McKillen, property investor.
Deaths
See also
References