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Events during the year 1948 in Northern Ireland .
7 March – The
Republic of Ireland 's
Minister for External Affairs ,
Seán MacBride , recommends an economic or customs union between the two parts of
Ireland .
22 June – British Royal Navy aircraft carrier
HMS Bulwark (R08) (laid down May 1945) is launched at the
Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
5 July – The
National Health Service launches in Northern Ireland
7 September – In
Ottawa ,
Taoiseach
John A. Costello announces that the Republic of Ireland government intends to repeal the 1936 External Relations Act, thus severing the last constitutional link with the
United Kingdom .
2 September –
Ulster Transport Authority set up.
13 September – 500 people attend a 1798 Rebellion commemoration on the hills overlooking
Belfast .
17 October – At the request of the
British
Prime Minister
Clement Attlee , the
Irish Minister for Finance ,
Seán MacBride , and the
Minister for External Affairs ,
Patrick McGilligan , meet representatives from the
United Kingdom ,
Canada ,
Australia and
New Zealand to discuss the repeal of the External Relations Act.
17 November – The Republic of Ireland Act, which involves the repeal of the External Relations Act, is introduced in
Dáil Éireann .
25 November – The Republic of Ireland Bill is passed in
Dáil Éireann .
21 December – President
Seán T. O'Kelly signs the Republic of Ireland Bill at a ceremony at
Áras an Uachtaráin .
Short Brothers (aircraft manufacturers) transfer their headquarters and all operations to their Belfast factory.
Winners:
Belfast Celtic
Winners:
Linfield 3–0
Coleraine
1 July –
Ian Johnston , cricketer.
1 July –
Michael McGimpsey ,
Ulster Unionist Party
MLA .
6 August –
William McCrea ,
Democratic Unionist Party
MP for
Mid Ulster .
7 September –
Walter Ellis , writer.
12 September –
Derek Hussey ,
Ulster Unionist Party
MLA .
27 September –
Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow ,
Democratic Unionist Party
MLA and life peer.
6 October –
Gerry Adams ,
MP and leader of
Sinn Féin .
9 October –
Ciaran Carson , poet and novelist.
16 October –
Brendan Hughes ,
Officer Commanding of the
Belfast Brigade of the
Provisional Irish Republican Army .
6 November –
David Montgomery , newspaper executive.
25 November –
Paul Murphy , 14th
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland .
23 December –
Terri Hooley , music promoter.
29 December –
Peter Robinson , First Minister,
Democratic Unionist Party
MP for
East Belfast and member of the
Northern Ireland Assembly .