1943 in Northern Ireland

← 1942 1941 1940 1943 in Northern Ireland → 1944 1945 1946
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	1943 in the United Kingdom 1943 in Ireland Other events of 1943 List of years in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - George VI

Events

• 9 February - The Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie
• 1 May - Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
• 17 June - British aircraft carrier HMS Campania (D48) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• 29 July - Cruiser HMCS Ontario (C53) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.
• 27 November - British aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast by Lady Brooke.

Arts and literature

• Release of the Crown Film Unit drama documentary short A Letter From Ulster directed by Brian Desmond Hurst assisted by William MacQuitty.^[1]
• Roy McFadden's poetry Swords and Ploughshares is published.
• John Luke paints Pax.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 - 0 Glentoran

Births

• 18 February - George Campbell, politician in Australia.
• 27 February - Jimmy Nicholson, footballer.
• 8 April - Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, politician (died 2006).
• 16 April - Tom Lewis, singer-songwriter.
• 14 May - John Cushnie, gardener and broadcaster (died 2009).
• 22 May - Betty Williams, peace campaigner, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 18 June - Willie Irvine, footballer.
• 15 July - Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist.
• 21 July - Henry McCullough, guitarist.
• 15 August - Eileen Bell, Alliance Party MLA.
• 31 October - Stephen Rea, actor.

Full date unknown

• Billy Brown, musician and artist (died 1999).
• George Jones, radio and television broadcaster.
• Eamonn McCann, journalist and political activist.
• Kenneth Montgomery, conductor.

Deaths

• 19 July - Robert Alexander, rugby and cricket player (born 1910).

References