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Events

  • 20 January - The funeral of the veteran nationalist Member of Parliament
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

    , Joseph Devlin
    Joseph Devlin
    Joseph Devlin, also known as Joe Devlin, was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician...

    , takes place in Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast 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...

    .
  • 24 April - In a debate in the Parliament of Northern Ireland
    Parliament of Northern Ireland
    The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...

    , the Prime Minister
    Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
    The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...

    , Lord Craigavon, states "All I boast of is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State." (often misquoted as "A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
    A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
    A Protestant parliament for a Protestant people is a term that has been applied to the political institutions in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. The term has been documented as early as February 1939, when Bishop Daniel Mageean, in his Lenten pastoral, stated that prime minister, Lord...

    ").
  • 29 May - King's Hall, Belfast
    King's Hall, Belfast
    The King's Hall Complex is a multi-purpose venue located on the Lisburn Road, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the largest exhibition venue in Northern Ireland and prior to the completion of the Odyssey and the Waterfront Hall, was the only large concert venue in Northern Ireland...

    , the largest exhibition venue in Northern Ireland, is opened.
  • The Earl of Shaftesbury
    Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
    Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, PC, GCVO, CBE, was the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester , the daughter of George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall and Lady Harriet Anne Butler.-Family life:On 15 July...

     presents Belfast Castle
    Belfast Castle
    Belfast Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland in a prominent position above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough.-History:...

     to the City of Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast 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...

    .

Football

  • Irish League
Winners: Linfield
Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....


  • Irish Cup
    Irish Cup
    For 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...

Winners: Linfield
Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....

 4 - 0 Cliftonville
Cliftonville 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...


  • Ballymena Football Club is renamed Ballymena United F.C.
    Ballymena United F.C.
    Ballymena United, is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club hails from the town of Ballymena, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds. Club colours are sky blue and white. Away Colours are Red and BlackThe club was...

    .

Births

  • 20 January - Josias Cunningham
    Josias Cunningham
    Sir Josias Cunningham, DL was a Northern Irish stock broker, farmer and politician.-Early life:Josias Cunningham, known as "Joe", the grandson of Samuel Cunningham, was born into a well-off family of stock brokers, the family firm being...

    , stock broker, farmer and politician (d.2000
    2000 in Northern Ireland
    -Events:*11 February - The British government suspends devolution in Northern Ireland.*25 March - David Trimble retains leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party at its annual general meeting, following a challenge from Martin Smyth....

    ).
  • 3 March - Peter Brooke
    Peter Brooke
    Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parliament representing the Cities of London and Westminster from...

    , 9th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...

    .
  • 8 April - Wilson Clyde
    Wilson Clyde
    Wilson Clyde is a politician from Northern Ireland.Born in Kilbegs, County Antrim, Clyde worked as a farmer before being elected to Antrim Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing South Antrim, and he held the...

    , former Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...

     politician.
  • 14 May - Francis Fee
    Francis Fee
    Francis Fee also known as Frank Fee is a former Irish cricketer.A right-handed batsman and right arm medium-pace and off spin bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Sussex in August 1956, and went on to play for them on 13 occasions, his last match coming against...

    , cricketer.
  • 23 May - Syd Millar
    Syd Millar
    Sydney "Syd" Millar, CBE, is the outgoing chairman of the International Rugby Board. He was born in Ballymena and previously played for Ballymena RFC and represented Ireland in the pack, winning 37 caps as a prop. In addition, he played 9 times for the British and Irish Lions...

    , former international rugby player and chairman of the International Rugby Board
    International Rugby Board
    The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

    .
  • 28 June - Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell
    Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell
    Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell, PC, QC , is a retired Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956...

    , barrister and judge.
  • 4 July - James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn
    James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn
    James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG , is the current Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland, having succeeded his father in June 1979. The son of James Edward Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Crichton...

    , soldier, politician and peer.
  • 18 August - Ronnie Carroll
    Ronnie Carroll
    Ronnie Carroll is a Northern Irish singer and entertainer.-Career:...

    , singer and entertainer.
  • 14 November - Catherine McGuinness
    Catherine McGuinness
    Catherine McGuinness , is a former President of the Law Reform Commission and a former judge of the Circuit Court 1994-1996 , justice of the High Court 1996-2000 and Supreme Court of Ireland 2000-2006...

    , President of the Law Reform Commission and former justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland
    Supreme Court (Ireland)
    The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland. It is a court of final appeal and exercises, in conjunction with the High Court, judicial review over Acts of the Oireachtas . The Court also has jurisdiction to ensure compliance with the Constitution of...

    .

Full date unknown

  • Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's
    Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's
    Eileen Emily Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's is a Northern Irish Unionist politician, a vice-president of the Democratic Unionist Party, and the wife of Ian Paisley, now Lord Bannside, former leader of the DUP. She became a life peer in 2006.Eileen Cassells married Ian Richard Kyle...

    , Democratic Unionist Party
    Democratic Unionist Party
    The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...

     politician and life peer.

Deaths

  • 18 January - Joseph Devlin
    Joseph Devlin
    Joseph Devlin, also known as Joe Devlin, was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician...

    , Nationalist politician and MP
    Member of Parliament
    A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

     in the British House of Commons
    British House of Commons
    The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

     and in Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

     (b.1872
    1872 in Ireland
    -Events:*Party Processions Acts repealed.*Summer - About 30,000 Nationalists hold a demonstration at Hannahstown in Belfast, campaigning for the release of Fenian prisoners, but leading to another series of riots between Catholics and Protestants in the city....

    ).
  • April - Robert McCall, lawyer (b.1849
    1849 in Ireland
    -Events:* 12 July — Battle of Dolly's Brae: Up to 1400 armed Orangemen march from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1000 armed Ribbonmen gather, shots are fired, Catholic homes are burnt and about eighty Catholics killed....

    ).
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