1933 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1933 in Northern Ireland.
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Incumbents
Events
- 31 Januaryâ7 April - A strike disrupts rail transport in Northern Ireland. The Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operation permanently.[1]
- 24 May â Silent Valley Reservoir (for Belfast water supply) is officially opened.[2]
- 31 May
- First regular civil air service from Northern Ireland, to Renfrew.[3]
- Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, opened by the Governor of Northern Ireland, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
- 18 July â Craigavon Bridge in Derry is officially opened.[4]
- Harry Ferguson assembles a prototype tractor in Belfast.[5]
Sport
Football
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery
GAA
- Cavan defeat Tyrone 6â13 to 1â02 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
- Cavan subsequently defeat Galway 2â05 to 1â04 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, becoming the first county from Ulster to do so.
Births
- 14 February â James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (died 2001).
- 7 March â Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (died 1998).
- 14 April â Paddy Hopkirk, rally driver (died 2022).
- 15 May â Dick Keith, footballer (died 1967).
- 13 June â Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, 8th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
- 28 June â Gusty Spence, Ulster Volunteer Force and Progressive Unionist Party figure.
- 5 July â Maurice Leitch, novelist and radio dramatist.
- 5 December â Edward Daly, former Catholic Bishop of Derry.
- Grant "Rusty" Ferguson, Sr., actor in The Blue Lagoon (1949 film) (born in Cookstown).
- Paddy Wilson, SDLP politician (murdered 1973).
Deaths
- January â Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (born 1854).