1950 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year1950 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 12 March –Llandow air disaster:83 people die when a plane carryingWelshrugby fans home fromBelfastcrashes inSouth Wales.[1]
- 12 May – Nationalist Senators andMPsinNorthern Irelandask the government of theRepublicto give Northern-elected representatives seats in theDáilandSeanad.
- 3 July –Ulster Transport Authoritycloses theBallycastle Railway[2]and theBallymena and Larne Railway.[3]
Arts and literature
[edit]- September - PoetPhilip Larkintakes up a 5-year post as sub-librarian atQueen's University Belfast.
Sport
[edit]This was the only year where Ireland didn't participate at the Commonwealth Games. (British Empire Games)
Football
[edit]- Winners:Linfield
- Winners:Linfield2 - 1Distillery
Golf
[edit]- British Ladies Amateur Golf Championshipis held atRoyal County Down Golf Club(winner:Vicomtesse de St Sauveur).
Births
[edit]- 22 January –Paul Bew,professor of Irish politics atQueen's University of Belfast.
- 16 February –Peter Hain,16thSecretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- 12 April –Donal McKeown,Auxiliary Bishopin theRoman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor.
- 23 May –Martin McGuinness,Sinn FéinMP,MLAand Deputy First Minister (died2017).
- 23 June –Martin O'Hagan,journalist (died2001).
- 9 July –Alban Maginness,SDLPMLA.
- 12 August –Medbh McGuckian,poet.
- 28 September –Brian Keenan,writer and hostage inLebanon.
- 16 December –Dolours Price,volunteerin theProvisional Irish Republican Armyand political activist (died2013).
- Denis Donaldson,volunteerin theProvisional Irish Republican Army,member ofSinn Féin,exposed in 2005 as an informer (died2006).
Deaths
[edit]- 20 July –Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran,Unionistpolitician (born1880).
- James Sleator,painter (born1889).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Gymreig, Academi (2008).The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales.p. 816.ISBN978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^"Ballycastle Railway Station".Ballycastle.Retrieved27 October2007.
- ^Ferris, T. (1993).The Irish Narrow Gauge. Volume2,The Ulster Lines.Midland Publishing.ISBN1-85780-017-6.
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