Events during the year 1964 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

* Governor - The Lord Wakehurst (until 1 December), The Lord Erskine of Rerrick (from 1 December) * Prime Minister - Terence O'Neill

Events

*28 January - Families from

Springtown Camp Springtown Camp was a former United States military camp near Derry, Northern Ireland, that housed up to 400 Catholic families in the 1940s to 1960s in substandard housing rented by the local authority. The outcry over the Unionist-controlled ci ...

make a silent march through

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

to demand rehousing. *28 September - Following threats of direct action by

Ian Paisley Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) was a Northern Irish loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First ...

, the

Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)Richard Doherty, ''The Thin Green Line – The History of the Royal ...

remove an Irish tricolour displayed in the office window of Independent Republican election candidate

Billy McMillen William "Billy" McMillen (19 May 1927 – 28 April 1975), aka Liam McMillen, was an Irish republican activist and an officer of the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was killed in 1975, in a feud with t ...

in West Belfast. Several days of rioting ensue. *15 October -

1964 United Kingdom general election The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on 15 October 1964, five years after the previous election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party, first led by Winston Churchill, had regained power. It resulted in the Conservatives, ...

. *New bridge over the

River Foyle The River Foyle () is a river in west Ulster in the northwest of the island of Ireland, which flows from the confluence of the rivers Finn and Mourne at the towns of Lifford in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and Strabane in County Ty ...

, linking Lifford and

Strabane Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks ...

is built.

Arts and literature

*17 April - The band

Them Them or THEM, a third-person plural accusative personal pronoun, may refer to: Books * ''Them'' (novel), 3rd volume (1969) in American Joyce Carol Oates' ''Wonderland Quartet'' * '' Them: Adventures with Extremists'', 2003 non-fiction by Wels ...

, fronted by Van Morrison, play their first gig at his rhythm and blues Club Rado at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast. *Synagogue for Belfast Hebrew Congregation designed by Eugene Rosenberg of Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall. *Extension to the Ulster Museum, Belfast, designed in

Brutalist Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...

style by Francis Pym, completed.

Sport

Football

* Irish League ::Winners: Glentoran * Irish Cup ::Winners:

Derry City Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

2 - 0 Glentoran * Armagh City F.C. founded as Milford Everton.

Olympics

* Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran wins the

Gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

for the two-man bobsleigh with Tony Nash at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

Births

*18 January - Richard Dunwoody, jockey. *24 February - Robert McLiam Wilson, novelist. *26 March - Martin Donnelly, motor racing driver. *29 August -

Dara O'Hagan Dara O'Hagan (born 29 August 1964) is an Irish republican activist and former politician in Northern Ireland. She was elected in 1998 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Upper Bann. O'Hagan has obtained a BA (Hons) Combi ...

, Sinn Féin MLA and councillor. *15 September - Alan Jones, architect. *1 November -

Terry Magee Terry Magee (born 1 November 1964, Belfast) is a retired professional Irish boxer. Magee, the older brother of Eamonn Magee, Eamonn and Noel Magee, Noel, fought at Light Middleweight but also fought at heavier weights towards the end of his car ...

, boxer. *8 December -

Charles McCrum Charles McCrum (born 8 December 1964) is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 22 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1990 and 1994

, cricketer. *26 December - Ian Wilson,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. *Full date unknown - John Long, painter.

Deaths

References

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