1944 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Governor - The Duke of Abercorn
• Prime Minister - Basil Brooke

Events

• 13 March – The British Government prohibits all travel between Great Britain and Ireland.

Visit by General Eisenhower

• 20 May – Aircraft carrier is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.
• 22 August – Men from Tyrone and Fermanagh form an Anti-Partition League in Dublin.
• 16 November – Aircraft carrier is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast to British Admiralty order.

Arts and literature

• Robert Greacen's poetry Northern Harvest and One Recent Evening is published.
• Forrest Reid's novel Young Tom is published.
• John Luke paints The Road to the West.

Sport

Football

• Irish League
• '''Irish Cup'''

Births

• 5 January – Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, businessman.
• 27 January – Mairead Corrigan, peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 20 March – Alan Harper, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
• 28 March – Nell McCafferty, journalist, writer and playwright.
• 28 May – Patricia Quinn, actress.
• 3 June – Tom Burns, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Forces in Great Britain.
• 8 June – David Craig, footballer.
• 28 June – Ian Adamson, Ulster Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast.
• 24 July – Jim Armstrong, guitarist.
• 15 October – David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 28 October – Gerry Anderson, radio and television broadcaster.
• Spring – Ruth Patterson, first woman to be ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
• Polly Devlin, writer.
• Colin McClelland, journalist.

Deaths

• June - Joseph Campbell, poet and lyricist.
• August - Noble Huston, Presbyterian minister and dog breeder.
• 28 November – Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet, Unionist MP and Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1925-1937.