1937 in Northern Ireland

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See also: 1936 in Northern Ireland, 1938 in Northern Ireland

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

[edit] Events

• 28 July- Assassination attempt on King George VI in Belfast by the Irish Republican Army

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Belfast Celtic 3 - 0 Linfield

[edit] Births

• 18 January - John Hume, former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, MP, MEP and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
• 27 April - Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.
• 24 December - John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Ulster Unionist Party MP and life peer.

[edit] Deaths

• 27 February - Charles Donnelly, poet, killed at the Jarama Front, Spanish Civil War.