1943 in Northern Ireland

Centuries:	20th; 21st;
Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	1943 in the United Kingdom; 1943 in Ireland; Other events of 1943; List of years in Northern Ireland;

Events during the year 1943 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

9 February – The Belfast West by-election is won by the Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate Jack Beattie
1 May – Sir Basil Brooke becomes Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
17 June – British aircraft carrier HMS Campania (D48) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
29 July – Cruiser HMCS Ontario (C53) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.
27 November – British aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast by Lady Brooke.

Winners: Linfield

Winners: Belfast Celtic 1 - 0 Glentoran

18 February – George Campbell, politician in Australia.
27 February – Jimmy Nicholson, footballer.
10 March – Eamonn McCann, journalist and political activist.
8 April – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, politician (died 2006).
16 April – Tom Lewis, singer-songwriter.
6 May – Peter Jackson, rugby journalist.
14 May – John Cushnie, gardener and broadcaster (died 2009).
22 May – Betty Williams, peace campaigner, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 2020).
18 June – Willie Irvine, footballer.
15 July – Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist.
21 July – Henry McCullough, guitarist.
15 August – Eileen Bell, Alliance Party MLA.
28 October – Kenneth Montgomery, conductor (died 2023 in the Netherlands).
31 October – Stephen Rea, actor.
Full date unknown – Billy Brown, musician and artist (died 1999).

↑ Smith, Allan E. (2012). Revisiting A Letter From Ulster (PDF). Belfast, Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland War Memorial. p. 10.