1964 in Northern Ireland

← 1963 1962 1961 1964 in Northern Ireland → 1965 1966 1967
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	1964 in the United Kingdom 1964 in Ireland Other events of 1964 List of years in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II

Events

• 28 January - Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry to demand rehousing.^[1]
• 28 September - Following threats of direct action by Ian Paisley, the Royal Ulster Constabulary remove an Irish tricolour displayed in the office window of Independent Republican election candidate Billy McMillen in West Belfast. Several days of rioting ensue.
• 15 October - United Kingdom general election, 1964.
• New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.

Arts and literature

• 17 April - The band Them, fronted by Van Morrison, play their first gig at his rhythm and blues Club Rado at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast.
• Synagogue for Belfast Hebrew Congregation designed by Eugene Rosenberg of Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall.
• Extension to the Ulster Museum, Belfast, designed in Brutalist style by Francis Pym, completed.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Glentoran

• Irish Cup

Winners: Derry City 2 - 0 Glentoran

• Armagh City F.C. founded as Milford Everton.

Olympics

• Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran wins the Gold medal for the two-man bobsleigh with Tony Nash at the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck.

Births

• 18 January - Richard Dunwoody, jockey.
• 26 March - Martin Donnelly, motor racing driver.
• 15 September - Alan Jones, architect.
• 1 November - Terry Magee, boxer.
• 8 December - Charles McCrum, cricketer.

Full date unknown

• John Long, artist.
• Terence McNaughton, hurling manager and former player.
• Christopher 'Crip' McWilliams, former Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army.
• Dara O'Hagan, Sinn Féin councillor and former MLA.
• Ian Wilson, composer.
• Robert McLiam Wilson, novelist.

References