1921 in Northern Ireland

Events

*13 May - As nominations close in the elections for both Northern and Southern parliaments, Sinn Féin takes 124 of the 128 seats available in the Southern parliament. All are returned unopposed and deemed elected.
*24 May - In general elections for the new Northern Ireland Parliament, Ulster Unionists win 40 out of 52 seats.
*29 May - With just three seats remaining to be filled, the final outcome of the Northern Ireland Parliament show that unionists have a large majority.
*7 June - The 40 elected unionist Members of Parliaments gather in Belfast City Hall. James Craig is elected as the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
*21 June - State opening of the first parliament is conducted by King George V.
*4 July - James Craig refuses to attend a peace conference in Dublin because the invitation by President Éamon de Valera was addressed to him personally instead of to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
*8 July - At the Peace Conference in the Mansion House, Dublin, President de Valera accepts an invitation to meet the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Lloyd George, in London.
*12 July - Sinn Féin representatives arrive in London for talks.
*18 July - Ulster Unionist negotiators walk out of the truce talks in London.
*23 August - The Northern Cabinet agrees that Stormont Castle will be the permanent site of the Northern Houses of Parliament.
*11 October - The Irish Treaty Conference opens in London.
*21 November - Troops are sent to restore order after rioting breaks out in East Belfast.
*22 November - At least ten people die in widespread shootings in Belfast.
*6 December - Agreement is reached in the Treaty negotiations in London. The main points of the agreement include the creation of an Irish Free State within the Commonwealth, an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown and the British naval services will be able to avail of certain Irish ports.
*16 December - The British House of Commons accepts the Articles of Agreement. The House of Lords also votes to accept the Treaty by a large majority.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::26 February Northern Ireland 0 - 2 Scotland (in Belfast)cite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 163|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::9 April Wales 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Swansea)::22 October Northern Ireland 1 - 1 England (in Belfast)

*The new Football Association of Ireland then known as the Free State FA is formed in Dublin after a split from the Belfast-based Irish Football Association.

*Irish League::Winners: Glentoran

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

Births

*18 February - Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Ulster Unionist Party MP (d.1977).
*16 June - Sheila McGibbon, actress (d.1997).
*25 August - Brian Moore, novelist (d.1999).

Full date unknown

*Professor John Dundee, leading anaesthetists (d.1991).
*George Forrest, Ulster Unionist MP for Mid Ulster (d.1968).
*Frank Hall, journalist and satirist (d.1995).

Deaths

* 23 October - John Boyd Dunlop, inventor (b.1840)

References