1935 in Northern Ireland

1935 in Northern Ireland

Events

*1 April - The National Athletics and Cycling Association is suspended from the International Amateur Athletic Federation for refusing to confine its activities to the Free State side of the border.
*12 July – Rioting breaks out in Belfast following Orange parades, by 21 July there were nine people shot dead and scores injured ["Edward Carson". A.T.Q. Stewart, Gill’s Irish Lives, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1981] .
*26 October - Lord Edward Carson, the Dublin-born unionist leader and barrister, is buried in Belfast.
*14 November - United Kingdom general election, 1935.

Arts and literature

*The Strand Cinema is opened in Belfast.

port

Football

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

*Irish Cup::Winners: Glentoran 1 - 0 Larne

Golf

*British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship is held at Royal County Down Golf Club, (winner: Wanda Morgan).

Births

*3 February - Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim.
*29 March - Ruby Murray, singer (d.1996).
*21 April - Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran, former bobsledder and politician.
*11 July - Oliver Napier, first leader of the Alliance Party.
*27 July - Billy McCullough, former international soccer player.
*30 September - James McKendry, artist.
*3 October - Jimmy Hill, soccer player and manager.
*9 October - Billy Bell, Ulster Unionist Party former Lord Mayor of Belfast and also of Lisburn.
*21 October - Derek Bell, harpist and composer (d.2002).

Full date unknown

*Mary Nelis - Sinn Féin MLA.

Deaths

*17 July - George William Russell, critic, poet and artist (b.1867).
*22 July - William Mulholland, water service engineer in Southern California (b.1855).
*9 August - James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, businessman and philanthropist (b.1849).
*23 August - Charles Rafter, Chief Constable of Birmingham City Police from 1899 to 1935 (b. c1860).
*22 October - Edward Carson, Irish Unionist leader, barrister and judge (b.1854).

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