1927 in Northern Ireland

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See also: 1926 in Northern Ireland, 1928 in Northern Ireland

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 5 Deaths

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• 12 April - The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The change acknowledges that the Irish Free State is no longer part of the Kingdom.
• April 18 - Celtic Park in Belfast is opened. It is the first greyhound track in Ireland.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Ards 3 - 2 Cliftonville

[edit] Births

• July - Thomas Leslie Teevan, Unionist politician and lawyer (d.1954).
• Brendan Smyth, Catholic priest and convicted child molester (d.1997).

[edit] Deaths