1961 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II

  Events

• 4 March - is commissioned as the Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier in Belfast, having been completed here by Harland and Wolff.
• May - The last passenger liner completed by Harland and Wolff in Belfast,, is delivered to her owners, P&O.
• 6 May - Northern Ireland international wing-half Danny Blanchflower captains Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to the double of the Football League First Division title and FA Cup in England - the first team in 64 years to achieve this feat.
• 20 December - The last legal execution in Ireland occurs in Belfast - it is of Robert McGladdery for murder.

  Arts and literature

Sport

Football

• Irish League
• Irish Cup

  Births

• 15 January - Damian O'Neill, guitarist.
• 6 June - Bob Gilmore, musicologist and musician.
• 15 June - Dave McAuley, boxer.
• 10 September - Ian Stewart, footballer.
• 4 November - Nigel Worthington, footballer, football manager and manager of Northern Ireland national football team.
• 26 December - John Lynch, actor.
• Maureen Boyle, poet.
• Owen McCafferty, playwright.
• Eoin McNamee, novelist and screenwriter.
• Marcas Ó Murchú, traditional flute player.
• Glenn Patterson, writer.

  Deaths

• 18 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician.
• 25 September - James Crichton, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 at Crèvecœur, France.
• 8 December - Seamus Robinson, member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army.
• 20 December - Robert McGladdery, murderer and last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.