1937 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Governor - The Duke of Abercorn
• Prime Minister - James Craig

Events

• 28 February – Population census in Northern Ireland.
• 28 July – Assassination attempt on King George VI in Belfast by the Irish Republican Army.

Arts and literature

• Louis MacNeice writes the poem Carrickfergus.

Sport

Football

• Irish League ::Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup ::Winners: Belfast Celtic 3 - 0 Linfield

Births

• 18 January – John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, MP, MEP and Nobel Peace Prize winner (died 2020).
• 10 February – Roy Megarry, businessman and publisher in Canada.
• 2 April – Denis Tuohy, television presenter.
• 27 April – Robin Eames, Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh from 1986 to 2006.
• 16 December – Given Lyness, cricketer.
• 24 December – John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Ulster Unionist Party MP and life peer.

Deaths

• 31 January – Samuel Edgar, cricketer (born 1913).
• 3 February – Thomas Moles, Ulster Unionist politician and journalist (born 1871).
• 9 February - Sir Samuel Kelly, coal merchant, philanthropist and businessperson, founder of John Kelly Limited (born 1879).
• 27 February – Charles Donnelly, poet, killed at the Jarama Front, Spanish Civil War (born 1914).
• 27 June – Arthur Douglas, cricketer and rugby player (born 1902).
• Herbert Hughes, musicologist, composer and critic (born 1882).

References

References

1. Government of Northern Ireland. (1937). "Census of Population of Northern Ireland 1937: Preliminary Report". H.M.S.O.
2. Chen, C. Peter. "George VI". World War II Database.
3. "Kelly's Coal Yard {{!}} Ulster Folk Museum".