1936 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1936 in Northern Ireland.
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Incumbents
Events
- Public Order Act is introduced, giving the Chief Constable power to impose conditions on parades or public processions if it is believed that they would lead to public disorder.[1]
- The British Air Ministry forms a new aircraft factory in Belfast, creating a new company owned 50% each by Harland and Wolff and Short Brothers, Short & Harland Ltd.
Arts and literature
- Belfast School of Music opens its new premises.
- Construction begins on the BBC's Broadcasting House, Belfast.[2]
- 1 November â Louis MacNeice's translation of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus is premiered in London.[3]
Sport
Football
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Derry City
Births
- 20 February â Roy Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party MP.
- 7 March â Freddie Gilroy, boxer.
- 13 March â Stanley Hewitt, cricketer (died 2001).
- 5 April â John Kelly, Sinn Féin Councillor and MLA (died 2007).
- 24 April â Robert McCartney, leader of UK Unionist Party, MLA and a QC.
- 10 June â Brendan Duddy, businessman and intermediary in the Northern Ireland peace process (died 2017).
- 1 August â Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg, British life peer, businessman and multi-millionaire.
- 17 August â Seamus Mallon, Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and first Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2020).
- 7 September - George Cassidy, jazz musician and music teacher of Van Morrison (died 2023).
- 24 September â John Magee SPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987- ), private secretary to Pope John Paul II.
- 5 October â Brian Hannon, Bishop of Clogher (Church of Ireland) (1986-2001).
- 22 December â James Burke, science historian, author and television presenter-producer.
- Date unknown - Dave Finlay Sr, professional wrestler, wrestling school owner and holder of MBE.
Deaths
- 30 November â Jimmy Elwood, footballer (born 1901).
