1963 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1963 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Governor - 	The Lord Wakehurst
 * Prime Minister - Basil Brooke (until 25 March), Terence O'Neill (from 25 March)

Events

 * 17 January – Prototype Short SC.7 Skyvan short-haul freighter first flies.
 * 25 March – Terence O'Neill succeeds Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
 * 23 September – British Enkalon synthetic fibre factory opens in Antrim.
 * 2 October – Second Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft (XG905), flying from Belfast Harbour Airport, crashes due to a control malfunction, killing the pilot, J. R. Green.
 * 28 October – Belfast Aldergrove opened as the principal airport for Northern Ireland, civilian facilities transferring from Nutts Corner.

Football

 * Irish League
 * Winners: Distillery


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Linfield 2 – 1 Distillery

Golf

 * British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: Brigitte Varangot).

Births

 * 10 July – Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MP and MLA.
 * 30 July – Thomas Buchanan, Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
 * 9 August – Sam Storey, boxer.
 * 25 August – Candida Doyle, keyboard player.
 * 12 October – Alan McDonald, footballer and football manager.
 * 27 October – Johnny Adair, loyalist paramilitary.
 * 11 December
 * Tom Elliott, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
 * David Hilditch – Democratic Unionist Party MLA.
 * 15 December – Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army.
 * Richard English, historian.
 * Siobhán O'Hanlon, Sinn Féin official (died 2006).

Deaths

 * 22 November – C. S. Lewis, novelist and author of The Chronicles of Narnia (born 1898).
 * 30 November – Dehra Parker, longest serving woman MP in Northern Ireland and first woman to serve in the Northern Ireland Cabinet.
 * December – Andy Kennedy, footballer (born 1897).