1957 in Northern Ireland information

Events during the year 1957 in Northern Ireland. Governor - The Lord Wakehurst Prime Minister - Basil Brooke 1 January – Border Campaign: Seán South and...

year 1957 in Ireland. President: Seán T. O'Kelly Taoiseach: John A. Costello (FG) (until 20 March 1957) Éamon de Valera (FF) (from 20 March 1957) Tánaiste:...

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (NIE Networks) is the electricity asset owner of the transmission and distribution infrastructure in Northern...

5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain...

The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team...

an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was a major development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s. It...

party to be organised on an all-Ireland basis. It has Northern Ireland members on the Irish Green Party national executive. In June 2007, the Green Party entered...

The 1957 Irish general election to the 16th Dáil was held on Tuesday, 5 March, following a dissolution of the 15th Dáil on 12 February by President Seán...

Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population...

Irish League football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1957, when in the 1957–58 season, Glenavon took part in the European...

Vehicle registration plates in Northern Ireland use a modified version of the British national registration plate system that was initiated for the whole...

/-fɑːst/ -⁠fahst; from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə]) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of...

The Troubles were a period of conflict in Northern Ireland involving republican and loyalist paramilitaries, the British security forces, and civil rights...

divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act...

James Harry McShane (23 May 1957 – 29 March 1995) was a Northern Irish singer who held both British and Italian citizenship. He achieved recognition as...

15 million people reside in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United...

Ireland's 2016 census, 78% of the population identified as Catholic; this was 6% lower than the 2011 figure. By contrast, 41% of people in Northern Ireland...

Stephen Grimason (1957 – 28 April 2024) was a Northern Irish journalist who was editor of BBC Northern Ireland. He was known for breaking the news of the...

The Northern Ireland Football League (abbreviated to NIFL), also known as the Irish League, is the national football league of Northern Ireland. The Irish...

there was an outbreak of political and sectarian violence throughout Northern Ireland, which is often seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known...