Events during the year 1959 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
:Winners: Linfield
:Winners: Glenavon 1âÂÂ1, 2âÂÂ0 Ballymena United
Births
January to June
July to December
- 6 July â Danny Kennedy, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
- 11 July â Stephen Warke, cricketer.
- 3 September
- Dolores Kelly, SDLP MLA.
- Dick Strawbridge, engineer and television presenter.
- 17 September â Charles Lawson, actor.
- 11 October â 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 â Kate Thompson, actress and romantic novelist.
- 18 November â Jimmy Quinn, footballer and football manager.
- 3 December â Eamonn Holmes, television and radio presenter.
- 9 December â Paul Jackson, cricketer.
- 15 December â Hugh Russell, boxer (died 2023).
Full date unknown
Deaths
See also
References