1935 in Northern Ireland

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See also: 1934 in Northern Ireland, 1936 in Northern Ireland

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• 1 April - The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border.
• 12 July – rioting breaks out in Belfast following Orange parades, by 21 July there were nine people shot dead and scores injured^[1].
• 26 October - Lord Edward Carson, the Dublin-born unionist leader and barrister, is buried in Belfast.
• 14 November - United Kingdom general election, 1935.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glentoran 1 - 0 Larne

[edit] Births

• 3 February - Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim.
• 29 March - Ruby Murray, singer (d.1996).
• 11 July - Oliver Napier, first leader of the Alliance Party.
• 27 July - Billy McCullough, footballer.
• 30 September - James McKendry, artist.
• 3 October - Jimmy Hill, footballer and football manager.
• 9 October - Billy Bell, Ulster Unionist Party former Lord Mayor of Belfast and also of Lisburn.
• 21 October - Derek Bell, harpist and composer (d.2002).
• Mary Nelis - Sinn Féin MLA.

[edit] Deaths

• July 17 - George William Russell (AE), nationalist and poet.
• 22 October - Edward Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (b.1854).

[edit] References

1. ^ Edward Carson. A.T.Q. Stewart, Gill’s Irish Lives, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1981