1933 in Northern Ireland
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Events
- 31 January–7 April - A strike disrupts rail transport in Northern Ireland. The Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operation permanently.[1]
- 24 May - Silent Valley Reservoir (for Belfast water supply) is officially opened.[2]
- 31 May - First regular civil air service from Northern Ireland, to Renfrew.[3]
- 18 July - Craigavon Bridge in Derry is officially opened.[4]
- Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, opened by the Governor of Northern Ireland, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
- Part of Bellevue Pleasure Gardens is redeveloped as Belfast Zoo.
- Harry Ferguson assembles a prototype tractor in Belfast.[5]
Sport
Football
- Irish League
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery
GAA
- Cavan defeat Tyrone 6-13 to 1-02 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
- Cavan subsequently defeat Galway 2-05 to 1-04 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, becoming the first county from Ulster to do so.
Births
- 14 February - James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (died 2001).
- 7 March - Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (died 1998).
- 15 May - Dick Keith, footballer (died 1967).
- 13 June - Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, 8th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- 28 June - Gusty Spence, Ulster Volunteer Force and Progressive Unionist Party figure.
- 5 July - Maurice Leitch, novelist and radio dramatist.
- 5 December - Edward Daly, former Catholic Bishop of Derry.
- Grant "Rusty" Ferguson, Sr., actor in The Blue Lagoon (1949 film) (born in Cookstown).
- Kennedy Lindsay - Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party politician and British Ulster Dominion Party leader (died 1997) (born in Canada).
- Paddy Wilson, SDLP politician (murdered 1973).
Deaths
- January - Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (born 1854).
References
- ↑ Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge, Volume 2: The Ulster Lines. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
- ↑ Donald, P. T. A. (2012). "The Silent Valley dam". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 165EH: 65–72.
- ↑ "Airport History". George Best Belfast City Airport. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ↑ "The Lord Mayor Of London In Ulster". The Times (46498) (London). 1933-07-17. p. 15.
- ↑ "Harry Ferguson: The Man and The Machine". Yesterday's Tractor Co. Retrieved 2012-06-30.