1966 in Northern Ireland

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See also:	1966 in the United Kingdom; 1966 in Ireland; Other events of 1966; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events during the year 1966 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents[]

17 April - In Belfast, the Easter Rising is commemorated by large republican parades.
26 June - Ulster Volunteer Force engages in three sectarian murders.^[1]
23 November - By-election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland in the Queen's University of Belfast constituency, the last election prior to the seat's abolition in 1969. Robert Porter (Ulster Unionist Party) wins.
Divis Tower in Belfast is built.

Seamus Heaney's first poetry collection, Death of a Naturalist.
Ulster Orchestra founded in Belfast by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, with Maurice Miles as its first principal conductor and János Fürst as leader.^[2]

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Glentoran 2 - 0 Linfield

28 March - Patrick McCartan, Sinn Féin MP and TD, member of 1st Dáil, a founder member of Clann na Poblachta (born 1878).
1 April - Brian O'Nolan, novelist, satirist and humorist (born 1911).
Sydney Sparkes Orr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (born 1914).

^ "Larkspirit Irish History". larkspirit.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009.
^ Schweitzer, Vivien (2007-01-08). "Hungarian Conductor János Fürst Dies at 71". Playbill Arts. Retrieved 2012-07-26.