- 1961 in Northern Ireland
Events
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December 20 - The last legal execution inIreland occurs inBelfast ,Northern Ireland - it is ofRobert McGladdery for murder.Arts and literature
port
Football
*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Glenavon 5 - 1 LinfieldBirths
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15 January -Damian O'Neill , guitarist.
*15 June -Dave McAuley , boxer.
*10 September - Ian Stewart, footballer.
*4 November -Nigel Worthington , footballer, football manager and manager ofNorthern Ireland national football team .
*26 December - John Lynch, actor.
*Maureen Boyle , poet.
*Bob Gilmore , musicologist and musician.
*Owen McCafferty , playwright.
*Eoin McNamee , novelist and screenwriter.
*Marcas Ó Murchú , traditionalflute player.
*Glenn Patterson , writer.Deaths
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18 January -Joseph Connolly ,Fianna Fáil politician (b.1885).
*25 September - James Crichton, soldier, recipient of theVictoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 atCrevecoeur ,France (b.1879).
*8 December - Seamus Robinson, member ofIrish Volunteers andIrish Republican Army (b.1890).
*20 December -Robert McGladdery , murderer and last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.
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