1947 in Northern Ireland explained

Events during the year 1947 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

22 April – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier (laid down 1944) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.^[1]
11 August – The Enterprise express train service commences from Belfast to Dublin.
The "bad winter" seen snow reach heights of 30 feet, lasting until May-June from the winter period.^[2]

Winners: Belfast Celtic

Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 – 0 Glentoran

Cavan defeat Antrim 3-04 to 1–06 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
Cavan subsequently defeat Kerry 2–11 to 2–07 in New York City to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

27–28 July – English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel, from Donaghadee in County Down to Portpatrick in Scotland.

23 February – Ken Goodall, international rugby player (died 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, 13th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home 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 – Sir Reg Empey, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
5 December – Seán Quinn, businessman.