1953 in Northern Ireland

none September 2020 February 2012 June 2012 1953 Events during the year 1953 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke Events 250px|thumb|The Flag of the Government of Northern Ireland is first used, to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 31 January – The car ferry Princess Victoria sailing from Stranraer, Scotland to Larne, Northern Ireland, sinks in the Irish Sea killing 133 people on board. The dead include Northern Ireland Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Major Maynard Sinclair and Sir Walter Smiles, the Ulster Unionist MP for North Down. 16 March – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. asks the American Congress to support a United Ireland. 1 May – The BBC brings into service the first television transmitter in Northern Ireland, at Glencairn (Belfast), to improve coverage prior to broadcast of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II a month later. 1–3 July - First visit of Elizabeth II to Northern Ireland following her accession.Queen Elizabeth II in Northern Ireland https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/queen_elizabeth_ii_northern_ireland History BBC 2012-06-22 2 August – Murlough Bay in the Antrim Glens is chosen as the future grave of Roger Casement. Taoiseach Éamon de Valera calls for the return of his remains. Saor Uladh, a criminal Republican paramilitary organisation, is formed in County Tyrone by Liam Kelly (who had been expelled from the Irish Republican Army in 1951) and Phil O'Donnell.Feeney Brian Sinn Féin: A Hundred Turbulent Years 2002 O'Brien Press New York 978-0-86278-695-3 203 Arts and literature 1953 in art 1953 in literature Sport Football Irish League Winners: Glentoran Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 5 - 0 Coleraine George Wilson Cup (Inaugural) Winners: Crusaders Reserves Gaelic Games June - Casement Park in Belfast is opened, home to the Antrim football and hurling teams. Golf Fred Daly plays in the Ryder Cup. Motorcycling Ulster Grand Prix moves to current Dundrod circuit. Births January to June 23 January – Alister McGrath, Christian theologian, currently Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Oxford. 9 February – Ciarán Hinds, actor. 9 February – George Ennis, UK Unionist Party MLA. 15 February – Gregory Campbell, Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Londonderry. 2 April – Jim Allister, Democratic Unionist Party MEP and a QC. 4 April – Sammy Wilson, Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. 5 April – Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin MLA for Belfast North. 6 June – Maggie Shevlin, actress. July to December 21 July – David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (died 2007). 6 August – Jamie Delargy, television journalist. 21 October – Peter Mandelson, 12th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and European Commissioner. 4 December – Paul Clark, television presenter and journalist. Full date unknown Gordy Blair, bass guitarist. Danny Morrison, Irish republican and writer. Gearóid Ó hEára, Sinn Féin politician and former Mayor of Derry. David Park, novelist. Deaths 12 September – James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, Unionist politician and first Governor of Northern Ireland (born 1869). Alice Milligan, nationalist and poet (born 1865). Louisa Watson Peat, writer and lecturer in the United States (born 1883) See also 1953 in Scotland 1953 in Wales References Category:1953 in Europe Category:1953 by country