Events during the year 1961 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke
Events 4 March - is commissioned as the Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier in Belfast, having been completed here by Harland & Wolff. May - The last passenger liner completed by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, , is delivered to P&O. 6 May - Northern Ireland international wing-half Danny Blanchflower captains Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to the double of the Football League First Division title and FA Cup in England - the first team in 64 years to achieve this feat. 8 August - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrive at Carrickfergus on HMY Britannia to begin a 2-day royal visit to Northern Ireland. 20 December - The last legal execution in Ireland occurs in Belfast - it is of Robert McGladdery for murder.
Arts and literature
Sport
Football Irish League Winners: Linfield
Irish Cup Winners: Glenavon 5 - 1 Linfield
Births 15 January - Damian O'Neill, guitarist. 6 June - Bob Gilmore, musicologist and musician. 15 June - Dave McAuley, boxer. 10 September - Ian Stewart, footballer. 4 November - Nigel Worthington, footballer, football manager and manager of Northern Ireland national football team. 26 December - John Lynch, actor. Maureen Boyle, poet. Peter Curran, broadcaster. Owen McCafferty, playwright. Eoin McNamee, novelist and screenwriter. Marcas Ó Murchú, traditional flute player. Glenn Patterson, writer.
Deaths 18 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (born 1885). 25 September - James Crichton, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 at Crèvecœur, France (born 1879). 8 December - Seamus Robinson, member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army (born 1890). 20 December - Robert McGladdery, murderer and last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.
See also 1961 in Scotland 1961 in Wales
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