1955 in Northern Ireland

Centuries:	20th; 21st;
Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	1955 in the United Kingdom; 1955 in Ireland; Other events of 1955; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events during the year 1955 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

21 July - The BBC brings into service its Divis transmitter, its first permanent facility serving Northern Ireland, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35 kW transmissions can also be readily received in much of the Republic of Ireland.[1]

22 March - A fire destroys much of the original rococo interior of Florence Court.

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Dundela 3 - 0 Glenavon

11 January - Brian Gregory, footballer.
20 January - Joe Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
25 February - Davy Hyland, Sinn Féin, later independent, MLA.
28 March - John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Alliance Party politician and Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998-2004.
2 April - Michael Stone, Ulster loyalist paramilitary.
30 April - BJ Hogg, actor (died 2020).
23 June - Ken Reid, television journalist.
6 July - Michael Boyd, theatre director.
1 August - Adrian Logan, television sports presenter and reporter.
27 September
- Gerry Convery, Canadian darts player.
- Felix Healy, footballer and football manager.
30 September - Frankie Kennedy, traditional flute and tin whistle player and co-founder of Altan (died 1994).
16 October - Kieran Doherty, volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (died on hunger strike 1981).
7 December - John McClelland, footballer.
Undated
- Bríd Brennan, actress.
- Billy Hutchinson, Progressive Unionist Party leader.
- Paddy McKillen, property investor.

22 January - Moira O'Neill, poet (born 1864).
11 April - Margaret McCoubrey, suffragette and pacifist (born 1880 in Scotland).
14 May - Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (born 1885).
18 July - Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (born 1893).
14 December - Paddy Mayne, international rugby union footballer and decorated soldier (born 1915).
Undated - Unsinkable Sam, ship's cat (born before 1941 in Germany).

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