1922 in Northern Ireland

1922 in Northern Ireland

Events

*6 January - The terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty are published. Éamon de Valera offers his resignation as President.
*7 January - Dáil Éireann votes on the Treaty following Arthur Griffith's motion for approval. The result is 64 in favour and 57 against.
*10 February - The Treaty Bill is introduced in the British 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 the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
*18 September - W. T. Cosgrave introduces the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann Bill to enable the implementation of the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland.
*5 December - UK Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State.
*6 December - Twelve months after the signing of the Treaty the Irish Free State officially comes into existence.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::4 March Scotland 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)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 (in Belfast)::21 October England 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (in West Bromwich)

*Irish League::Winners: Linfield

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

Motorcycling

*14 October - First Ulster 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

*13 February - Francis Pym, second Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
*13 March - David Graham, cricketer.
*31 March - Patrick Magee, actor (d.1982).
*12 April - Billy McComb, magician and comedian (d.2006).
*12 August - Humphrey Atkins, fifth Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d.1996).
*25 November - Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell, Ulster Unionist MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons and Minister (d.2000).

Deaths

*3 February - John Butler Yeats, artist and father of William Butler Yeats and Jack 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 the Irish Civil War.

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