1927 in Northern Ireland
Encyclopedia
Events
- 12 April - The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 [17 & 18 Geo. 5 c. 4] was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorised the alteration of the British monarch's royal style and titles, and altered the formal name of the British Parliament, in recognition of much of Ireland separating from...
renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free StateIrish Free StateThe Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
is no longer part of the Kingdom.
Sport
- 18 April - Celtic Park in BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
is opened. It is the first greyhound track in Ireland.
Football
- International
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- 26 February Northern Ireland 0 - 2 Scotland
- 9 April Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (in CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
) - 22 October Northern Ireland 2 - 0 England
- Irish League
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- Winners: Belfast CelticBelfast CelticBelfast Celtic Football Club was a football club in Northern Ireland that was founded in 1891, and was one of the most successful teams in Ireland until forced to withdraw from the Irish League in 1949.-History:...
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Irish CupIrish CupFor the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
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- Winners: ArdsArds F.C.Ards F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1900, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Dixon Park in Ballyclare, which it shares with Ballyclare Comrades...
3 - 2 CliftonvilleCliftonville F.C.Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th...
- Winners: Ards
Golf
- British Ladies Amateur Golf ChampionshipBritish Ladies Amateur Golf ChampionshipThe British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union of Great Britain. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain and would eventually begin to draw golfers from continental Europe...
is held at Royal County Down Golf ClubRoyal County Down Golf ClubRoyal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Dating from 1889, it is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland...
, (winner: Simone de la ChaumeSimone de la ChaumeSimone Thion de la Chaume was a French amateur golfer.In 1924, she became the first foreign player to win the British Girls Amateur and in 1927 the first to win the British Ladies Amateur, then the most prestgious tournament in British and European ladies' golf and an event her daughter, Catherine...
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Births
- 8 July - Maurice HayesMaurice HayesMaurice Hayes is an Irish politician and was an independent member of the 21st and 22nd Seanads, nominated as a senator by the Taoiseach.-Life:Maurice Hayes was born in County Down in Northern Ireland....
, writer and public servant. - July - Thomas Leslie TeevanThomas Leslie TeevanThomas Leslie Teevan was an Ulster Unionist Party politician and lawyer, notable for his extreme youth, brief career, and very early death.-Early life:...
, Unionist politician and lawyer (d.19541954 in Northern Ireland-Events:* April 6 - Flags and Emblems Act is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.* June 12 - An IRA unit carries...
). - 31 August - Thomas McCloyThomas McCloyThomas McCloy was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played 30 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1951 and 1965 including twelve first-class matches....
, cricketer. - 1 October - Alf McMichaelAlf McMichaelAlfred "Alf" McMichael was a footballer who played as a left-back.Belfast-born "Alf" McMichael began his career at Linfield, before signing for Newcastle United in 1949. He remained at Newcastle until 1962, appearing 431 times and scoring once for the club...
, footballer (d.20062006 in Northern Ireland- Events :*30 January - Postal workers enter a 20 day wildcat strike disrupting most of Belfast's delivery service.*25 February - Rioting in Dublin as Republican protesters organise counter protests to a "Love Ulster" parade in the city, which subsequently become violent.*17 March - New Oncology...
). - 23 November - John Cole, journalist and broadcaster.
Full date unknown
- Deborah BrownDeborah BrownDeborah Brown is an acclaimed Northern Irish sculptor. She is well known in Ireland for her pioneering exploration of the medium of fibre glass in the 1960s and has established herself as one of the country’s leading sculptors, achieving extensive international acclaim...
, sculptor - Billy McMillenBilly McMillenBilly McMillen was an Irish republican activist and an officer of the Official Irish Republican Army...
, Official Irish Republican Army officer, killed in feud with Irish National Liberation ArmyIrish National Liberation ArmyThe Irish National Liberation Army or INLA is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group that was formed on 8 December 1974. Its goal is to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist united Ireland....
(d.19751975 in Northern Ireland-Events:*31 July - Three members of the Miami Showband are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force attack as they return from a dance in County Down...
). - Brendan Smyth, CatholicRoman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
and convicted child molesterChild sexual abuseChild sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities , indecent exposure with intent to gratify their own sexual desires or to...
(d.19971997 in Northern Ireland-Events:*March - The first phase of the Forestside Shopping Centre in Belfast opens with a new Sainsbury's store.*1 May- United Kingdom general election, 1997*3 July - Taoiseach Bertie Ahern meets Prime Minister Tony Blair for the first time....
).
Deaths
- 22 April - Robert John McConnell, businessman, baronetBaronetA baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
and Lord Mayor of BelfastLord Mayor of BelfastThe Lord Mayor of Belfast is the leader and chairman of Belfast City Council, elected annually from and by the City's 51 councillors.The Lord Mayor is Niall Ó Donnghaile of Sinn Féin, while the Deputy Lord Mayor is Ruth Patterson of the Democratic Unionist Party, who were elected in May 2011.The...
(b.18531853 in Ireland-Births:*30 January - Leland Hone, cricketer .*6 February - Robert John McConnell, businessman, baronet and Lord Mayor of Belfast .*7 February - Egerton Bushe Coghill, painter .*30 March - Frank O'Meara, artist ....
). - 3 May - Tom GallaherTom GallaherThomas Gallaher was the founder of Gallaher Group, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United Kingdom.-Career:...
, tobaccoTobaccoTobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
manufacturer (b.18401840 in Ireland-Events:*The Palm House in Belfast Botanic Gardens is completed, constructed by Richard Turner of Dublin. It is one of the earliest examples of a curvilinear cast iron glasshouse in the world.-Births:...
).