1960 in Northern Ireland

1960
in
Northern Ireland

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Events during the year 1960 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

  • 16 March – Passenger liner SS Canberra is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast (for P&O).
  • 6 April – Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft makes its first transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back, flying from Belfast Harbour Airport.[1]
  • 13 April – MV Arlanza becomes the last passenger liner launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast (for Royal Mail Line).

Arts and literature

Sport

Football

Winners: Glenavon
Winners: Linfield 5 - 1 Ards

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "Airport History". George Best Belfast City Airport. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. "Plaque to mark Belfast playwright". BBC NI News (26 January 2010). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
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