1961 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1961 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Governor - 	The Lord Wakehurst
 * Prime Minister - Basil Brooke

Events

 * 4 March - INS Vikrant (1961) is commissioned as the Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier in Belfast, having been completed here by Harland and Wolff.
 * May - The last passenger liner completed by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, SS Canberra, is delivered to her owners, P&O.
 * 6 May - Northern Ireland international wing-half Danny Blanchflower captains Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to the double of the Football League First Division title and FA Cup in England - the first team in 64 years to achieve this feat.
 * 8 August - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrive at Carrickfergus on HMY Britannia to begin a 2-day royal visit to Northern Ireland.
 * 20 December - The last legal execution in Ireland occurs in Belfast - it is of Robert McGladdery for murder.

Football

 * Irish League
 * Winners: Linfield


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Glenavon 5 - 1 Linfield

Births

 * 15 January - Damian O'Neill, guitarist.
 * 6 June - Bob Gilmore, musicologist and musician.
 * 15 June - Dave McAuley, boxer.
 * 10 September - Ian Stewart, footballer.
 * 4 November - Nigel Worthington, footballer, football manager and manager of Northern Ireland national football team.
 * 26 December - John Lynch, actor.
 * Maureen Boyle, poet.
 * Owen McCafferty, playwright.
 * Eoin McNamee, novelist and screenwriter.
 * Marcas Ó Murchú, traditional flute player.
 * Glenn Patterson, writer.

Deaths

 * 18 January - Joseph Connolly, Fianna Fáil politician (born 1885).
 * 25 September - James Crichton, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1918 at Crèvecœur, France (born 1879).
 * 8 December - Seamus Robinson, member of Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army (born 1890).
 * 20 December - Robert McGladdery, murderer and last person to be executed in Northern Ireland.