1954 in Northern Ireland

none January 2021 February 2012 1954 Events during the year 1954 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke Events 6 April – Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm 28 January 2010 12 June – An Irish Republican Army unit carries out a successful arms raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh signalling the renewal of IRA activity following a long hiatus. 17 August – Ocean liner SS Southern Cross is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.Southern Cross – TGOL http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/southern-cross/ 2020-07-03 en-GB The Republican political party Fianna Uladh is formed by Liam Kelly as the political wing of Saor Uladh.Hanley Brian Millar Scott 2009 The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party Dublin Penguin Ireland 11 Roselawn Cemetery opens in Belfast.Roselawn Cemetery - Belfast City Council https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/community/cemeteries/roselawncemetery.aspx 2020-07-03 belfastcity.gov.uk Arts and literature John Hewitt's The Bloody Brae: A Dramatic Poem (1936) is first broadcast on the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service.July 2020 Sport Football Irish League Winners: Linfield Irish Cup Winners: Derry City 2 – 2, 0 – 0, 1 – 0 Glentoran Births 9 March – Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and MP (died on hunger strike 1981). 8 April – Joe Kernan, Gaelic footballer and manager. 28 April – Monica McWilliams, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA, later Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. 11 May – Jane Morrice, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA. 23 May – Gerry Armstrong, footballer. 23 June – Michael Copeland, Unionist politician. 2 August – Sammy McIlroy, footballer and football manager. 28 August – Clive Culbertson, mystic, musician and healer. 12 October – Kieran Deeny, medical doctor turned independent politician and MLA. 19 October – Angela Feeney, opera singer. Eamon Collins, Provisional Irish Republican Army activist and writer (died 1999). Martin O'Brien, journalist. Marian Price, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer. Deaths 1 May – James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865). 11 October – Thomas Teevan, Unionist politician and lawyer (born 1927). See also 1954 in Scotland 1954 in Wales References Category:1954 in Europe Category:1954 by country