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1946 in Northern Ireland

Last updated June 20, 2025

Incumbents

Events

19 March – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (R05) (laid down 1942) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Work on HMS Powerful is suspended this year until she is recommenced in 1952 as HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22).
6 June – 1946 Down by-election: The Ulster Unionist Party gain Down in a by-election.
1 December – Nutts Corner opens as Northern Ireland's principal civil airport, replacing Belfast Harbour.
Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.^[1]

Arts and literature

John Luke holds his first one-man exhibition, at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, and paints Northern Rhythm.

Sport

Football

Irish League

Winners: Linfield

Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 Distillery

Births

January to June

9 February – Seán Neeson, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician
26 March – Carmel Hanna, SDLP MLA.
30 April – Fred Cobain, Ulster Unionist Party MLA
4 May – John Watson, racing car driver.
22 May – George Best, footballer (died 2005).
25 May – Norah Beare, Ulster Unionist, later Democratic Unionist Party, politician.
21 June – Kate Hoey, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
30 June – Allan Hunter, footballer.

July to December

31 October – Stephen Rea, actor.
28 November – Barry Devlin, bass-player with Horslips.
31 December – Bryan Hamilton, footballer and football manager.

Full date unknown

Maurice Harron, sculptor.
Inez McCormack, trade union leader (died 2013).
Tom McGurk, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
Freddie Scappaticci, accused of being a high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Raymond Snoddy, journalist and broadcaster.

References

↑ "Springtown Camp from the inside". Springtown Camp 1946-1967. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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[1] "Springtown Camp from the inside". Springtown Camp 1946-1967. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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