Events during the year 1971 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Football
:Winners: Linfield
:Winners: Distillery 3 â 0 Derry City
Births
- 31 January â Patrick Kielty, comedian and television presenter.
- 1 February â Alan Fettis, footballer.
- 5 June â Susan Lynch, actress.
- 6 June â Siobhan Keegan, Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
- 25 June â Neil Lennon, footballer.
- 13 July â Eamonn Magee, boxer.
- 2 August
- Michael Hughes, footballer.
- Anthony Tohill, Gaelic footballer.
- 10 September â David Humphreys, Ireland international rugby union footballer.
- 12 December â Naomi Long, née Johnston, Alliance Party leader and MLA.
- Full date unknown â Darran Lindsay, motorcycle road racer (killed in practice 2006).
Deaths
See also
References