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unusual facts about Northern Irish



Aidan Davison

Aidan John Davison (born 11 May 1968 in Sedgefield, County Durham) is an English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer and coach who is without a club after previously holding the position of Head Coach at USL Premier Development League side FC JAX Destroyers until the club disbanded in 2012.

Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough

Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough, Bt., DL (born 30 June 1952), is a Northern Irish peer and landowner.

Alistair Jackson

Alastair "Ali" Jackson (born November 17, 1988 in Glengormley) is an Northern Irish racing driver.

Bambrick

Joe Bambrick (1905–1983), Northern Irish international footballer who played for Chelsea, Walsall, Glentoran, and Linfield

Chris Casement

Christopher Casement (born 12 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Portadown in the NIFL Premiership.

Cross-border flag for Ireland

This is the flag of the nine-county province, similar to but distinct from the Ulster Banner, the former flag of the Northern Irish government.

Daryl Fordyce

Daryl Thomas Fordyce (born 2 January 1987 in Sandy Row, Belfast) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.

David Miskelly

David Thomas Miskelly (born 3 September 1979) in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Portadown.

Declan Devine

Declan Devine (born 15 September 1973 in Derry) is a Northern Irish manager and former footballer who used to manage Derry City in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

How Long Has This Been Going On

How Long Has This Been Going On is the twenty-fourth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, "with Georgie Fame and Friends", released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is the fourteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music).

Jeff Whitley

Jeffrey "Jeff" Whitley (born 28 January 1979 in Ndola, Copperbelt Province) is a Zambian-born Northern Irish former professional football.

Keep It Simple

Keep It Simple is the thirty-third solo studio album recorded by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison.

Live at Austin City Limits Festival

Live at Austin City Limits Festival by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison is a limited edition live album recorded from the Austin City Limits Festival concert at which he was the first night headliner on September 15, 2006.

Mick McDermott

Michael "Mick" McDormott (born 1974 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former football player and a former fitness coach of Iran national football team.

Mo Harkin

Maurice "Mo" Harkin (born 16 August 1979 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Egham Town as a midfielder.

One for the Man Over There

One For The Man Over There is the first and only album by Northern Irish trio The Tides, and was released on 1 February 2007.

Pulling Moves

Pulling Moves was a Northern Irish television programme set in Lenadoon, West Belfast.

Robert Desmond Meikle

Robert Desmond Meikle (born 18 May 1923 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Scott Quigg

He is undefeated, fights under Eddie Hearn at Matchroom Sport Promotions and has been continuously linked to a possible fight with undefeated Northern Irish Super Bantamweight prospect Carl Frampton.

St Mary's Youth F.C.

St Mary's Youth Football Club (usually just St Mary's) is a Northern Irish football club based in Portadown, County Armagh, playing in Intermediate Division B of the Mid-Ulster Football League.


see also

Aislín McGuckin

Aislín McGuckin is a Northern-Irish actress who was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland in 1974.

Ali Jackson

Alistair Jackson, Alastair "Ali" Jackson, (born 1988), Northern Irish racing driver

Any Questions?

When the programme visits Scotland and Wales, representatives from the Scottish National Party or Plaid Cymru participate, as do the Northern Irish parties when Northern Ireland is visited.

Ballads and Blues

Ballads & Blues 1982–1994, compilation album by Northern-Irish rock musician Gary Moore

Bates baronets

The Bates Baronetcy, of Magherabuoy in the County of Londonderry, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 June 1937 for the Northern Irish politician Dawson Bates.

Brian Philip Davis

Brian is also an established editor of film and television with credits including Big and Small, Pajanimals, Sesame Tree (the Northern Irish co-production of Sesame Street), and the feature film adaptation of Pumpgirl.

Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett

Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett is the second novel of the Eddie & the Gang with No Name trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 May 2004 through Hodder Children's Books.

Bristol RE

From 1976 the RE remained in production only for the Northern Irish state-owned bus companies Ulsterbus and Citybus, and for export to Christchurch Transport Board, New Zealand.

Charles Brett

Sir Charles was also involved in Northern Irish politics, being chairman of the Northern Ireland Labour Party for a time

Charles Craig

Charles Curtis Craig (1869–1960), Northern Irish politician, Member of Parliament for South Antrim 1903–1922 and Antrim 1922–1929

Chris Hegarty

Chris Hegarty (Northern Irish footballer), Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Rangers F.C.

Curtis Bowen

Bowen was formerly involved with Northern Irish television presenter Christine Bleakley; they broke up in 2003.

Desertmartin

Tom Paulin (b. 1949) is a major Northern Irish poet, essayist, editor and lecturer, who has written a poem entitled Desertmartin.

Éire Óg

Éire Óg Craigavon GAA, a Northern Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Armagh

Enniskillenus

Enniskillenus (named after the Northern Irish village of Enniskillen) is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene.

George Hanna

George Boyle Hanna (1877–1938), Northern Irish barrister, politician and judge

Helmuth Nyborg

In 2012 he was the editor of a special issue of Personality and Individual Differences dedicated to celebrating the 80th birthday of another controversial psychometrician, Northern Irish psychologist, Richard Lynn.

Hugh Mulholland

Mulholland was appointed the curator for the Northern Irish Pavilion at the 2005 Venice Biennale by the British Council Northern Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Jackie McKernan

This is the Northern Irish record, and places her fifth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Meg Ritchie, Venissa Head, Philippa Roles and Shelley Newman.

James Hagan

Jim Hagan (born 1956), Northern Irish former professional footballer and manager

James Leslie

James Graham Leslie (1869–1949), Northern Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim

John MacDermott

John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott (1896–1979), Northern Irish politician and lawyer

Jonathan Evans

Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer, playing for Manchester United

Kenton, Oklahoma

Foy Vance, a popular Northern Irish singer/songwriter, spent his early childhood living in Kenton during the late nineteen seventies.

Kim Taylor

Taylor recently starred in director Matthew Porterfield's forthcoming independent film, I Used to Be Darker, about a pregnant Northern Irish runaway who seeks refuge with family in Baltimore, MD, only to find her aunt on the verge of divorce.

Lightbody

Gary Lightbody (born 1976), Northern Irish musician and songwriter

Mary McGuckian

Words Upon the Window Pane, (adapted from the play by WB Yeats), This Is the Sea, (an adaptation of her own play 'Hazel' and Best, (the life story of Northern Irish footballer George Best); all essentially Irish subjects rooted in her cultural heritage.

McCarrison

Robert McCarrison (1878–1960), Northern Irish physician and nutritionist

McCausland

Gary McCausland (1968-), Northern Irish television presenter and property developer

Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me is a 2004 Northern Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty.

Niamh McGrady

McGrady is starring in the crime drama television series The Fall, based in Northern Ireland, alongside Gillian Anderson and Northern Irish actor and model Jamie Dornan.

Northern Media Group

The Irish News is a successful Northern Irish daily, the Alpha Newspaper Group is the largest weekly newspaper group and River Media is one of the fastest growing media companies in the Republic of Ireland, owning thirteen newspaper titles and two radio stations: Ocean FM in Sligo Town and Kfm in Kildare.

Patrick Finucane

Pat Finucane Centre, Northern Irish nationalist advocacy and lobbying entity

Patrick Healy

Felix Healy (Patrick Joseph Healy; born 1955), former Northern Irish football player and manager

Robert Dennison

Robbie Dennison (born 1963), Northern Irish former professional footballer

Robert McLaughlin

Bobby McLaughlin (1925–2003), Northern Irish footballer who played for Wrexham, Cardiff City and Southampton, see 1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran

Dixon retired from the army in 1966 with the rank of Major and went on to work for Kodak in their public relations department and in 1971 joined the Northern Irish business, Redland Tile and Brick Ltd, which he built up into a multi-million pound subsidiary of Redland plc and became Managing Director.

Sam McElroy

For the Northern Irish association football player and coach see Sammy McIlroy.

Sheep on the Road

It is a life-size bronzes of six sheep and a shepherd, sculpted in 1991 by acclaimed Northern Irish sculptor, Deborah Brown.

Sheila McGibbon

According to an article written in the Belfast Telegraph in 1997 (the year of McGibbon's death) she had helped Oscar nominated Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson obtain an Equity Card in 1978.

Stephen Nolan

In May 2008 Stephen featured heavily on Chris Moyles' Radio 1 Breakfast Show for the line "That is not my name" in his heavy Northern Irish accent, a mis-quote of the Sue Tilley interview with ITV News.

Stormy Waters

"Stormy Waters", first song fully written (in 1998) by Northern Irish drummer Rick McMurray; considered as fan-favourite and "lost gem"; on CD along with "Wildsurf", another song by McMurray's alternative rock band Ash

The Day I Died

The video was directed by Ben & Joe Dempsey and stars Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt, as a man waking up to the "best day of his life" only to discover at the end that he has already been killed by a taxi and has been reliving that day.

Thomas Waite

Tommy Waite (born 1972), Northern Irish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s

Tourist History

Tourist History is the debut studio album by Northern Irish indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club.

Turnley

John Turnley, Northern Irish Protestant nationalist politician and activist

TUV

Traditional Unionist Voice, Northern Irish political party in favour of union with Great Britain

UKSC

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the supreme court in all matters under English law, Northern Irish law and Scottish civil law