Events during the year 1947 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents Governor - Earl Granville Prime Minister - Basil Brooke

Events Winter–May/June – The "bad winter" sees snow reach heights of 30 feet at its peak. 22 April – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier (laid down 1944) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. 11 August – The Enterprise express train service commences between Belfast and Dublin.

Sport Football Irish League Winners: Belfast Celtic

Irish Cup Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 – 0 Glentoran

GAA Cavan defeat Antrim 3-04 to 1–06 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship. Cavan subsequently defeat Kerry 2–11 to 2–07 in New York City to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Golf Fred Daly wins The Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. Fred Daly plays in the Ryder Cup.

Swimming 27–28 July – English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel, from Donaghadee in County Down to Portpatrick in Scotland.

Births 23 February – Ken Goodall, international rugby player (died 2006). 5 March – Clodagh Rodgers, singer (died 2025). 24 March – John Dallat, Social Democratic and Labour Party politician (died 2020). 23 April – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Member of UK Parliament. 8 May (in Scotland) – Dr John Reid, 13th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary. 18 May – Eileen Pollock, actress (died 2020). 19 May – Paul Brady, singer-songwriter. 29 June – Eric Wrixon, rock musician (died 2015). 12 August – Seamus Close, Alliance Party MLA (died 2019). 3 September – Eric Bell, rock guitarist. 14 September – Sam Neill, actor (died 2026). 26 October – Sir Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 2 November – Joe McCann, Official Irish Republican Army volunteer (killed by British soldiers 1972). 5 December – Seán Quinn, businessman. Full date unknown Paul Haller, Soto Zen Buddhist teacher and Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. Eugene McMenamin, SDLP MLA. Frank Ormsby, poet.

Deaths 2 January – Tom Ross, cricketer (born 1872). 4 January – Forrest Reid, novelist and literary critic (born 1875). 25 April – Richard Rowley, poet and writer (born 1877).

See also 1947 in Scotland 1947 in Wales

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