1962 in Northern Ireland

← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Northern Ireland → 1963 1964 1965
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	1962 in the United Kingdom 1962 in Ireland Other events of 1962 List of years in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II

Events

• 26 February - The Irish Republican Army officially calls off its Border Campaign.^[1]
• 1 April - Belfast Zoo (Bellevue Gardens) is transferred from Belfast Corporation's Transport Department to the Parks & Cemeteries Department to halt its further decline.^[2]
• 31 May - The Northern Ireland general election again produces a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, winning 34 out of 51 seats, though the Nationalist Party gains two seats for a total of 9.
• 21 August - Former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Belfast on a four-day visit to Ireland.
• Ulster Hospital for Women and Sick Children is relocated from Belfast to Dundonald and renamed the Ulster Hospital.
• Denis Barritt and Charles Carter's The Northern Ireland Problem: a study in group relations is published by Oxford University Press.

Arts and literature

• Belfast Festival at Queen's founded by student Michael Emmerson.
• Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery renamed as the Ulster Museum and recognised as a national museum.^[3] A major extension, designed in Brutalist style by Francis Pym, is begun.

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 4 - 0 Portadown

Births

• 2 January - Niall Patterson, former Antrim hurler.
• 6 February - Tony Scullion, Derry GAA hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• 23 January - Letitia Gwynne, television presenter and journalist.
• 28 May - Andy White, singer/songwriter.
• 3 July - Roy Beggs Jr, Ulster Unionist MLA.
• 6 July - Fearghal McKinney, television presenter and journalist.
• 19 July - Caitríona Ruane, Sinn Féin MLA and Minister for Education.
• 11 August - Paul McCrum, cricketer.
• 25 August - Vivian Campbell, rock guitarist.
• 30 October - Colin Clarke, footballer and football manager.
• 7 December - Jeffrey Donaldson, Democratic Unionist Party MP for Lagan Valley.

Full date unknown

• Michael Alcorn, composer
• Colin Bateman, novelist and screenwriter
• Peter McDonald, poet and critic.

Deaths

• Anne Acheson, sculptor (born 1882)

References

1. The United Irishman March 1962 p. 1.
2. Maybin, J. M. (1982). Belfast Corporation Tramways, 1905-1954. Broxbourne: Light Rail Transit Association. p. 81. ISBN 0-900433-83-3.
3. Museum Act (Northern Ireland) 1961.