1954 in Northern Ireland
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1954 in Northern Ireland
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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.[1]
- 12 June - An IRA unit carries out a successful arms raid on Gough barracks in Armagh signalling the renewal of IRA activity following a long hiatus.
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Sport
Football
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- Winners: Linfield
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- Winners: Derry City 2 - 2, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 Glentoran
Births
- 9 March - Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and MP who died on hunger strike (died 1981).
- 8 April - Joe Kernan, Gaelic footballer and manager.
- 28 April - Monica McWilliams, former Northern Ireland Women's Coalition politician and currently Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
- 11 May - Jane Morrice, former 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, former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Deaths
- 1 May - James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865).
- 11 October - Thomas Leslie Teevan, Unionist politician and lawyer (born 1927).
References
- ^ "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
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