1923 in Northern Ireland

1923 in Northern Ireland

Events

*28 May - The government releases two captured documents issued by the IRA on 24 May. The letters, signed by Éamon de Valera and Frank Aiken call for the dumping of arms and the ending of armed struggle. The Civil War is officially over.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::3 March Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Scotlandcite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 1|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::14 April Wales 0 - 3 Northern Ireland (in Wrexham)::20 October Northern Ireland 2 - 1 England

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Glentoran

*Belfast side Alton United of the Falls District League are shock winners of the Free State Cup beating Shelbourne 1-0 in the final at Dalymount Park. Clubs and leagues in nationalist areas of Northern Ireland had affiliated to the FA of the Irish Free State after the 1921 split from the Belfast based Irish Football Association.

Births

*24 January - Donald Murray, former Lord Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland.
*1 February - Sir John Gorman, former Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Down.
*12 February - James Chichester-Clark, Fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d.2002).
*24 May - Siobhán McKenna, actress (d.1986).
*20 September - Geraldine Clinton Little, poet (d.1997).
*3 November - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland 1978-1990 (d. 1990)

Full date unknown

*F. S. L. Lyons, historian (d.1983).
*Sean McAloon, Uillean piper and pipe maker (d.1998).

Deaths

References


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