1954 in Northern Ireland explained

Events during the year 1954 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

6 April – Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.^[1]
12 June – An Irish Republican Army unit carries out a successful arms raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh signalling the renewal of IRA activity following a long hiatus.
17 August – Ocean liner SS Southern Cross is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.^[2]
The Republican political party Fianna Uladh is formed by Liam Kelly as the political wing of Saor Uladh.^[3]
Roselawn Cemetery opens in Belfast.^[4]

John Hewitt's The Bloody Brae: A Dramatic Poem (1936) is first broadcast on the BBC Northern Ireland Home Service.

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Derry City 2 – 2, 0 – 0, 1 – 0 Glentoran

9 March – Bobby Sands, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and MP (died on hunger strike 1981).
8 April – Joe Kernan, Gaelic footballer and manager.
28 April – Monica McWilliams, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA, later Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
11 May – Jane Morrice, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition MLA.
23 May – Gerry Armstrong, footballer.
23 June – Michael Copeland, Unionist politician.
2 August – Sammy McIlroy, footballer and football manager.
28 August – Clive Culbertson, mystic, musician and healer.
12 October – Kieran Deeny, medical doctor turned independent politician and MLA.
19 October – Angela Feeney, opera singer.
Eamon Collins, Provisional Irish Republican Army activist and writer (died 1999).
Martin O'Brien, journalist.
Marian Price, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer.

1 May – James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865).
11 October – Thomas Teevan, Unionist politician and lawyer (born 1927).

Web site: Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). 28 January 2010.
Web site: Southern Cross – TGOL. 2020-07-03. en-GB.
Book: Hanley. Brian. Millar. Scott. 2009. The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party. Dublin. Penguin Ireland. 11.
Web site: Roselawn Cemetery - Belfast City Council. 2020-07-03. belfastcity.gov.uk.