Events

• 5 July - The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast is dedicated.
• 16 November - Edward, Prince of Wales travels to Belfast for the first time to open the new Parliament buildings.
• 22 November - The new Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings at Stormont are officially opened.

Arts and literature

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glentoran 2 - 1 Linfield

Births

• 21 March - Allen McClay, businessman and philanthropist (died 2010)
• 29 June - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, Law Lord.
• 1 July - Stratton Mills, former Ulster Unionist Party and Alliance Party MP.
• 25 October - Harry Gregg, international footballer and football manager.
• 3 November - John McNally, boxer.
• 4 November - Tommy Makem, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller (died 2007).
• 12 November - Joe Hendron, former SDLP MP.
• December - Declan Mulholland, actor (died 1999).

Full date unknown

• Glenn Barr, leading figure in the Ulster Workers' Council Strike.
• Basil Blackshaw, artist.

Deaths