1947 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1947 in Northern Ireland.

1947
in
Northern Ireland

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

  • 22 April – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Centaur (R06) (laid down 1944) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.[1]
  • 11 August – The Enterprise express train service commences from Belfast to Dublin.
  • The "bad winter" seen snow reach heights of 30 feet, lasting until May-June from the winter period.[2]

Arts and literature

Sport

Football

Winners: Belfast Celtic
Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 – 0 Glentoran

GAA

Golf

Swimming

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

  • 2 January – Tom Ross, cricketer (born 1872)
  • 4 January – Forrest Reid, novelist and literary critic (born 1875)
  • 25 April – Richard Rowley, poet and writer (born 1877).

See also


References

  1. "HMS Centaur R 06 class aircraft carrier Royal Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. "Northern Ireland-The Bad Winter of 1947. by Sue Doherty. (Derry) N.Ireland:". www.farminguk.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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