- 1946 in Northern Ireland
Events
Arts and literature
port
Football
*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 DistilleryGolf
*Irish Open is won by Fred Daly (
Northern Ireland ).Births
January to June
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9 February -Séan Neeson ,Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician.
*26 March -Carmel Hanna , SDLP MLA.
*30 April -Fred Cobain ,Ulster Unionist Party MLA
*4 May - John Watson, racecar driver.
*22 May -George Best , footballer (d. 2005).
*25 May -Norah Beare , formerUlster Unionist and nowDemocratic Unionist Party politician.
*21 June -Kate Hoey , Labour Party politician in theUnited Kingdom .
*30 June - Allan Hunter, footballer.July to December
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31 October -Stephen Rea , actor.
*28 November -Barry Devlin , former bass-player withHorslips .
*31 December -Bryan Hamilton , footballer and football manager.Full date unknown
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Tom McGurk , poet, journalist and broadcaster.
*Freddie Scappaticci , accused of being a high-leveldouble agent in theProvisional Irish Republican Army .Deaths
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23 August -Samuel Cunningham , politician and Irish Privy Councillor (b.1862).
*Jack White, soldier, trade unionist, one of the co-founders of theIrish Citizen Army (b.1879).
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