1965 in Northern Ireland

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Last updated November 20, 2024

Incumbents

Events

14 January – Taoiseach Seán Lemass travels to Belfast for an historic meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill. First meeting of Prime Ministers in 43 years.^[1]
21 January – Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin.^[2]
18 March – The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Harry West attends a meeting with his Southern counterpart, Charles Haughey, in Dublin.

Arts and literature

Publication of Ten Poems by Michael Longley and Twelve Poems by Derek Mahon.^[3]

Sport

Football

Irish League

Winners: Derry City

Irish Cup

Winners: Coleraine 2 – 1 Glenavon

Births

January to June

2 January – Brian Irvine, composer.
6 January – Esmond Birnie, Ulster Unionist Party former MLA and author.
15 January – James Nesbitt, actor.
26 January – Seán Savage, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
20 February – Miriam Mone, fashion designer (died 2007).
2 March – Lembit Öpik, UK Liberal Party MP.
25 March – Jim Shannon, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
27 April – Edwin Poots, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
3 May – Gary Mitchell, playwright.
7 May – Norman Whiteside, footballer.
30 May – Briana Corrigan, singer.

July to December

1 July – Jackie McKernan, discus thrower.
20 July – Andy Black, poker player.
24 July – Frank Mitchell, television presenter.
22 September – Andy Cairns, songwriter and musician.
10 November – Eddie Irvine, racecar driver.
16 December – Noel Magee, boxer.

Full date unknown

Mark Carruthers, radio and television journalist.
Terence McNaughton, hurling player and manager.
Paul Seawright, artist.

Deaths

15 February – Sam Thompson, playwright (born 1916).
5 March – Helen Waddell, poet, translator and playwright (born 1889).

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Seán Francis Lemass was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 and 1945 to 1948, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954, 1945 to 1949 and 1932 to 1939 and Minister for Supplies from 1939 to 1945. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1924 to 1969.

Seán Francis MacEntee was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Social Welfare from 1957 to 1961, Minister for Health from 1957 to 1965, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1941 to 1948, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1939 to 1941, Minister for Finance from 1932 to 1939 and 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1969. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving member of the First Dáil.

Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist who sought to reconcile sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society and met with his counterpart in the Irish Republic, he was a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his resignation in January 1970.

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References

↑ "Today in 1965: Sean Lemass and Terence O'Neill meet". IrishCentral.com. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
↑ McGreevy, Ronan. "Meeting with North's prime minister in 1965 opposed by 'Paisley element'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
↑ "Editor's choice: Three Young Poets". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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[1] "Today in 1965: Sean Lemass and Terence O'Neill meet". IrishCentral.com. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[2] McGreevy, Ronan. "Meeting with North's prime minister in 1965 opposed by 'Paisley element'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[3] "Editor's choice: Three Young Poets". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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