1940 in Northern Ireland

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

[edit] Events

• July 4 - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted the previous September will not be reversed.
• November 7 - Éamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by British forces while they retain control of Northern Ireland.
• November 24 - James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Ballymena United 2 - 0 Glenavon

[edit] Births

• 26 January - Séamus Hegarty, Bishop of Derry (1994 - ).
• 24 March - Sam Gardiner, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
• 6 June - Willie John McBride, international rugby player.
• 31 July - Roy Walker, comedian and television presenter.
• 29 August - P. J. Bradley, SDLP MLA.

[edit] Deaths

• November 24 - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon Bt, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland