1962 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1962 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

• Governor - The Lord Wakehurst
• Prime Minister - Basil Brooke

Events

• 26 February – The Irish Republican Army officially calls off its Border Campaign.
• 1 April – Belfast Zoo (Bellevue Gardens) is transferred from Belfast Corporation's Transport Department to the Parks & Cemeteries Department to halt its further decline.
• 31 May - The Northern Ireland general election again produces a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, winning 34 out of 51 seats, though the Nationalist Party gains two seats for a total of 9.
• 21 August – Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Belfast on a four-day visit to Ireland.
• Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children is relocated from Belfast to Dundonald and renamed the Ulster Hospital.
• Denis Barritt and Charles Carter's The Northern Ireland Problem: a study in group relations is published by Oxford University Press.

Arts and literature

• Belfast Festival at Queen's founded by student Michael Emmerson.
• Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery renamed as the Ulster Museum and recognised as a national museum. A major extension, designed in Brutalist style by Francis Pym, is begun.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

:Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

:Winners: Linfield 4 – 0 Portadown

Births

• 2 January – Niall Patterson, Antrim hurler.
• 22 January – Michael Alcorn, composer.
• 6 February – Tony Scullion, Derry GAA hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• 23 January – Letitia Gwynne, television presenter and journalist.
• 28 May – Andy White, singer-songwriter.
• 13 June – Colin Bateman, novelist and screenwriter.
• 16 June – Steve Aiken, Ulster Unionist leader.
• 3 July – Roy Beggs Jr, Ulster Unionist MLA.
• 6 July – Fearghal McKinney, television presenter and journalist.
• 19 July – Caitríona Ruane, Sinn Féin MLA and Minister for Education.
• 11 August – Paul McCrum, cricketer.
• 25 August – Vivian Campbell, rock guitarist.
• 28 October – Peter McDonald, poet and critic.
• 30 October – Colin Clarke, footballer and football manager.
• 7 December – Jeffrey Donaldson, Democratic Unionist Party MP for Lagan Valley.
• Full date unknown – Anna Burns, novelist.

Deaths

• Anne Acheson, sculptor (born 1882)

See also

• 1962 in Scotland
• 1962 in Wales

References