1940 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• 4 July - Taoiseach Éamon de Valera announces that the policy of neutrality adopted the previous September will not be reversed.
• 7 November - 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.
• 24 November - James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, dies suddenly. He was the longest continually serving Prime Minister in Europe.
• Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway (part of Belfast and Northern Counties Railway) ceases operations.^[1]

[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 - ).
• 7 February - Harold McCusker, Ulster Unionist Party MP (d.1990).
• 11 February - Anne Gregg, travel writer and TV presenter (d.2006).
• 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.
• 26 November - Charles Corry, cricketer.

[edit] Full date unknown

• Seamus Deane, poet, critic and novelist.
• Anthony Farquhar, Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Down and Connor.

[edit] Deaths

• 24 November - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b.1871).

[edit] References