1933 in Northern Ireland

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

[edit] Events

• 31 January - Start of rail strike disrupting the rail network.^[1]
• 7 April - Rail strike ends.^[1]
• Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operations.^[1]
• Construction of the Craigavon Bridge in Derry is completed.
• Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast is opened by the Governor of Northern Ireland James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
• Part of Bellevue Pleasure Gardens is redeveloped as Belfast Zoo.

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery

[edit] Births

• 7 March - Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (d.1998).
• 15 May - Dick Keith, footballer (d.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 December - Edward Daly, former Catholic Bishop of Derry.
• Paddy Wilson, SDLP politician (d.1973).
• Kennedy Lindsay - Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party politician and British Ulster Dominion Party leader (born in Canada).
• James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (d.2001).

[edit] Deaths

• January - Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (b.1854).

[edit] References