1960 in Northern Ireland

← 1959 1958 1957 1960 in Northern Ireland → 1961 1962 1963
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	1960 in the United Kingdom 1960 in Ireland Other events of 1960 List of years in Northern Ireland

Arts and literature

• 26 January - The first staging of the Sam Thompson play, Over the Bridge, at the Empire Theatre in Belfast.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Glenavon

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 5 - 1 Ards

Births

• 23 April - Barry Douglas, classical pianist.
• 30 April - Colonel Tim Collins British Commander in Iraq.
• 6 May - Roma Downey, actress and producer.
• 13 May - Michael Savage, Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
• 7 July - Billy Wright, former leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (d.1997).
• 27 August - Mark Caughey, footballer.
• 29 August - Dominic Bradley, SDLP MLA.
• 29 August - Thomas Burns, SDLP MLA.
• 10 October - Arlene McCarthy, Labour Party Member of the European Parliament.
• 25 November - Robert Dunlop, Motorcycle Racer.R,I,P
• 10 December - Kenneth Branagh, actor and director.

Full date unknown

• Peter Heather, historian.
• Deirdre Madden, author.
• Ian McDonald, science fiction novelist.
• Jeff McWhinney, deaf community activist.

Deaths

• 13 June - Kenneth McArthur, winner of the marathon race at the 1912 Summer Olympics for South Africa (b.1881).
• 20 July - Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore, soldier and Deputy Lieutenant for County Fermanagh (b.1913).
• 25 October - Harry Ferguson, early aviator and developer of the modern agricultural tractor (b.1884).