1963 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1963 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke (until 25 March), Terence O'Neill (from 25 March)

Events 17 January – Prototype Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies. 25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. 23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in Antrim. 2 October – Second Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green. 28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner. Sport Football Irish League Winners: Distillery

Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 2 – 1 Distillery

Golf British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: Brigitte Varangot).

Births 10 July – Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MP and MLA. 30 July – Thomas Buchanan, Democratic Unionist Party MLA. 9 August – Sam Storey, boxer. 25 August – Candida Doyle, keyboard player. 12 October – Alan McDonald, footballer and football manager. 27 October – Johnny Adair, loyalist paramilitary. 11 December Tom Elliott, Ulster Unionist Party MLA. David Hilditch – Democratic Unionist Party MLA. 15 December – Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army. Richard English, historian. Siobhán O'Hanlon, Sinn Féin official (died 2006).

Deaths 22 November – C. S. Lewis, novelist and author of The Chronicles of Narnia (born 1898). 30 November – Dehra Parker, longest serving woman MP in Northern Ireland and first woman to serve in the Northern Ireland Cabinet. December – Andy Kennedy, footballer (born 1897).

See also 1963 in Scotland 1963 in Wales

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