1929 in Northern Ireland
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[edit] Events
- 8 February - A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader, Éamon de Valera, to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
- 31 May - United Kingdom general election, 1929
- Proportional Representation is abolished in Northern Ireland.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Sport
[edit] Football
- International
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- 2 February Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (in Wrexham)[1]
- 23 February Northern Ireland 3 - 7 Scotland[1]
- 19 October Northern Ireland 0 - 3 England[1]
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- Winners: Belfast Celtic
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- Winners: Ballymena United 2 - 1 Belfast Celtic
- Derry City joins the Irish League.
[edit] Births
- 9 January - Brian Friel, playwright.
- 16 July - Tommy Dickson, footballer (d.2007).
- 25 August - Clifford Forsythe, Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim (d.2000).
- 11 September - Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
[edit] Full date unknown
- Robert Coulter, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
- Desmond Fennell, writer.
[edit] Deaths
- 29 April - Otto Jaffe, twice elected as Irish Unionist Party Lord Mayor of Belfast (b.1846).
- Priscilla Studd, Protestant Christian missionary.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press, p 1. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
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