1933 in Northern Ireland

← 1932 1931 1930 1933 in Northern Ireland → 1934 1935 1936
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	1933 in the United Kingdom 1933 in Ireland Other events of 1933 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• 31 January–7 April - A strike disrupts rail transport in Northern Ireland. The Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operation permanently.^[1]
• 24 May - Silent Valley Reservoir (for Belfast water supply) is officially opened.^[2]
• 31 May - First regular civil air service from Northern Ireland, to Renfrew.^[3]
• 18 July - Craigavon Bridge in Derry is officially opened.^[4]
• Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, opened by the Governor of Northern Ireland, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
• Part of Bellevue Pleasure Gardens is redeveloped as Belfast Zoo.
• Harry Ferguson assembles a prototype tractor in Belfast.^[5]

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery

GAA

• Cavan defeat Tyrone 6-13 to 1-02 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
• Cavan subsequently defeat Galway 2-05 to 1-04 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, becoming the first county from Ulster to do so.

Births

• 14 February - James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (died 2001).
• 7 March - Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (died 1998).
• 15 May - Dick Keith, footballer (died 1967).
• 13 June - Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, 8th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• 28 June - Gusty Spence, Ulster Volunteer Force and Progressive Unionist Party figure.
• 5 July - Maurice Leitch, novelist and radio dramatist.
• 5 December - Edward Daly, former Catholic Bishop of Derry.
• Grant "Rusty" Ferguson, Sr., actor in The Blue Lagoon (1949 film) (born in Cookstown).
• Kennedy Lindsay - Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party politician and British Ulster Dominion Party leader (died 1997) (born in Canada).
• Paddy Wilson, SDLP politician (murdered 1973).

Deaths

• January - Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (born 1854).

References

1. Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge, Volume 2: The Ulster Lines. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
2. Donald, P. T. A. (2012). "The Silent Valley dam". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 165EH: 65–72.
3. "Airport History". George Best Belfast City Airport. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
4. "The Lord Mayor Of London In Ulster". The Times (46498) (London). 1933-07-17. p. 15.
5. "Harry Ferguson: The Man and The Machine". Yesterday's Tractor Co. Retrieved 2012-06-30.