- 1947 in Northern Ireland
Events
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11 August - The Enterprise Express service commences fromBelfast toDublin .Arts and literature
port
Football
*Irish League::Winners:
Belfast Celtic *
Irish Cup ::Winners:Belfast Celtic 1 - 0 GlentoranGolf
*Fred Daly wins
The Open Championship at theRoyal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake .
*Fred Daly plays in theRyder Cup .Births
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23 February -Ken Goodall , international rugby player (d.2006).
*5 March -Clodagh Rodgers ,singer .
*24 March -John Dallat ,Social Democratic and Labour Party politician.
*17 April -Linda Martin ,singer .
*23 April -Bernadette Devlin McAliskey , Member of UK Parliament.
*8 May - Dr John Reid, 13thSecretary of State for Northern Ireland andHome Secretary .
*18 May -Eileen Pollock , actress.
*19 May -Paul Brady ,singer /songwriter .
*12 August -Seamus Close , former Alliance Party MLA.
*3 September -Eric Bell , guitarist.
*26 October - SirReg Empey , leader of theUlster Unionist Party , member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly .
*5 December -Seán Quinn , businessman.Full date unknown
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Paul Haller , SotoZen Buddhist teacher and Abbot of theSan Francisco Zen Center .
*Joe McCann ,Official Irish Republican Army volunteer killed by British soldiers (d.1972).
*Eugene McMenamin , SDLP MLA.
*Frank Ormsby , poet.
*Dave Smyth , record producer.
*Eric Wrixon , musician.Deaths
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2 January - Tom Ross, cricketer (b.1872).
*Richard Rowley , poet and writer (b.1877).
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