1946 in Northern Ireland

← 1945 1944 1943 1946 in Northern Ireland → 1947 1948 1949
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	1946 in the United Kingdom 1946 in Ireland Other events of 1946 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• 6 June - The Ulster Unionist Party gain Down in a by-election.
• 1 December - Nutts Corner opens as Northern Ireland’s principal civil airport, replacing Belfast Harbour.
• Homeless families from Derry begin to occupy the former United States Navy Springtown Camp.

Arts and literature

• John Luke holds his first one-man exhibition, at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, and paints Northern Rhythm.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 Distillery

Golf

• Irish Open is won by Fred Daly (Northern Ireland).

Births

January to June

• 9 February - Séan Neeson, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician.
• 26 March - Carmel Hanna, SDLP MLA.
• 30 April - Fred Cobain, Ulster Unionist Party MLA
• 4 May - John Watson, racing car driver.
• 22 May - George Best, footballer (died 2005).
• 25 May - Norah Beare, Ulster Unionist, later Democratic Unionist Party, politician.
• 21 June - Kate Hoey, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
• 30 June - Allan Hunter, footballer.

July to December

• 31 October - Stephen Rea, actor.
• 28 November - Barry Devlin, bass-player with Horslips.
• 31 December - Bryan Hamilton, footballer and football manager.

Full date unknown

• Maurice Harron, sculptor.
• Inez McCormack, trade union leader (died 2013).
• Tom McGurk, poet, journalist and broadcaster.
• Freddie Scappaticci, accused of being a high-level double agent in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

Deaths

• 23 August - Samuel Cunningham, politician and Irish Privy Councillor (born 1862).
• Jack White, soldier, trade unionist, one of the co-founders of the Irish Citizen Army (born 1879).