- 1948 in Northern Ireland
Events
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March 7 - The Minister for External Affairs,Seán MacBride , recommends an economic or customs union between the two parts ofIreland .
*July 5 - The NHS launches in Northern Ireland
*September 7 - InOttawa An TaoiseachJohn A. Costello announces the government intends to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with Britain.
*September 13 - 500 people attend a1798 Rebellion commemoration on the hills overlookingBelfast .
*October 17 - At the request of the BritishPrime Minister Clement Attlee , theIrish Minister for Finance ,Seán MacBride , and the Minister for External Affairs,Patrick McGilligan , meet representatives from theUnited Kingdom ,Canada ,Australia andNew Zealand to discuss the repeal of the External Relations Act.
*November 17 - The Republic of Ireland Act, which involves the repeal of the External Relations Act, is introduced inDáil Éireann .
*November 25 - The Republic of Ireland Bill is passed inDáil Éireann .
*December 21 - President Ó Ceallaigh signs the Republic of Ireland Bill at a ceremony atÁras an Uachtaráin .Arts and literature
port
Football
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Irish Football Association joinsFIFA . [cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 6|isbn=0-86281-874-5]*Irish League::Winners:
Belfast Celtic *
Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 ColeraineBirths
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30 January -Paul Magee , volunteer in theProvisional Irish Republican Army , imprisoned a number of times.
*4 April -Derek Thompson , actor.
*25 May -David McNarry ,Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
*6 June -Cedric Wilson , Ulster unionist politician.
*1 July - Ian Johnston, cricketer.
*1 July -Michael McGimpsey ,Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
*6 August - William McCrea,Democratic Unionist Party MP forMid Ulster .
*7 September -Walter Ellis , writer.
*12 September -Derek Hussey ,Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
*6 October -Gerry Adams , MP and current leader ofSinn Féin .
*25 November - Paul Murphy, 14thSecretary of State for Northern Ireland .
*29 December - Peter Robinson,Democratic Unionist Party MP forEast Belfast and member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly .
*Ciarán Carson , poet and novelist.
*Eamonn Coleman , Gaelic footballer and manager (d.2007).
*Shaun Davey , composer.
*Marianne Elliott , historian and academic.
*Brendan Hughes , formerOfficer Commanding of the Belfast Brigade of theProvisional Irish Republican Army .
*Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow ,Democratic Unionist Party MLA and life peer.Deaths
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12 February -Armar Lowry-Corry, 5th Earl Belmore ,High Sheriff andDeputy Lieutenant ofCounty Fermanagh (b.1870).References
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