1965 in Northern Ireland

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.
• 21 January – Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visits Taoiseach Seán Lemass in Dublin.
• 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.

  Sport

Football

• Irish League
• Irish Cup

  Births

January to June

• 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
• 10 February – Richard Orr, actor.
• 20 February – Miriam Mone, fashion designer.
• 2 March – Lembit Öpik, UK Liberal Party MP.
• 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.
• Joe Ferguson, radio presenter.
• Brian Irvine, composer.
• Terence McNaughton, hurling player and manager.
• Edwin Poots, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
• Paul Seawright, artist.
• Jim Shannon, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.

  Deaths

• 15 February – Sam Thompson, playwright.
• Helen Waddell, poet, translator and playwright.