1933 in Northern Ireland

Events

*31 January - Start of rail strike disrupting the rail network.cite book |last= Ferris |first= T |title= The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)|publisher= Midland Publishing|year= 1993 |isbn= 1-85780-017-6 ]
*7 April - Rail strike ends.
*Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operations.
*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.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Belfast Celtic

*Irish Cup::Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery

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).

Deaths

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

References