1936 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1936 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (20 January to 11 December), George VI
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.
- Louis MacNeice publishes his translation of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus.[2]
Sport
Births
- 20 February - Roy Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party MP.
- 7 March - Freddie Gilroy, boxer.
- 13 March - Stanley Hewitt, cricketer (died 2001).
- 5 April - John Kelly, Sinn Féin Councillor and MLA (died 2007).
- 24 April - Robert McCartney, leader of UK Unionist Party, MLA and a QC.
- 10 June - Brendan Duddy, businessman and intermediary in the Northern Ireland peace process (died 2017).
- 1 August - Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg, British life peer, businessman and multi-millionaire.
- 17 August - Seamus Mallon, Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and first Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2020).
- 24 September - John Magee SPS, Bishop of Cloyne (1987- ), private secretary to Pope John Paul II.
- 5 October - Brian Hannon, Bishop of Clogher (Church of Ireland) (1986-2001).
- 22 December - James Burke, science historian, author and television presenter-producer.
Deaths
- 30 November - Jimmy Elwood, footballer (born 1901).
See also
References
- "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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