- 1922 in Northern Ireland
Events
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6 January - The terms of theAnglo-Irish Treaty are published.Éamon de Valera offers his resignation as President.
*7 January -Dáil Éireann votes on the Treaty followingArthur Griffith 's motion for approval. The result is 64 in favour and 57 against.
*10 February - The Treaty Bill is introduced in theBritish House of Commons . It provides for the dissolution of the "Southern Ireland" parliament and the election of a parliament to which the Provisional Government will be responsible.
*1 June - Official founding of theRoyal Ulster Constabulary .
*18 September -W. T. Cosgrave introduces the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann Bill to enable the implementation of the Treaty betweenGreat Britain andIreland .
*5 December - UK Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the newConstitution of the Irish Free State .
*6 December - Twelve months after the signing of the Treaty theIrish Free State officially comes into existence.Arts and literature
port
Football
*International::
4 March Scotland 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (inGlasgow )cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p163-164 1|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::1 April Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Wales (inBelfast )::21 October England 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (inWest Bromwich )*Irish League::Winners: Linfield
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Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 GlenavonMotorcycling
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14 October - FirstUlster Grand Prix motorcycle road race takes place on the Old Clady circuit. [cite news | author=Eddie McIlwaine | title= 10 things you didn't know about the big event | work=Belfast Telegraph | page=15 | date= 2008-08-17]Births
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13 February -Francis Pym , secondSecretary of State for Northern Ireland .
*13 March - David Graham, cricketer.
*31 March - Patrick Magee, actor (d.1982).
*12 April -Billy McComb , magician andcomedian (d.2006).
*12 August -Humphrey Atkins , fifthSecretary of State for Northern Ireland (d.1996).
*25 November -Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell , Ulster Unionist MP in theNorthern Ireland House of Commons and Minister (d.2000).Deaths
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3 February -John Butler Yeats , artist and father ofWilliam Butler Yeats andJack Butler Yeats (b.1839).
*22 May -William Twaddell ,Ulster Unionist Party MP, assassinated by 1884).
*8 December -Joe McKelvey ,Irish Republican Army officer executed during theIrish Civil War .References
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