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1922 in Northern Ireland

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

Decades:
  
1920s 1930s 1940s

Incumbents

  • Monarch - George V
  • Events

  • January–March - Two "Craig–Collins Pacts" fail to resolve sectarian differences between North and South.
  • 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.
  • 19 May - The Irish Republican Army, with the covert support of Michael Collins, attempts to launch a "Northern Offensive" in Ulster.
  • 1 June - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
  • 4 June - The British Army recaptures Belleek, County Fermanagh, from the Irish Republican Army.
  • 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.
  • 12 December - The Duke of Abercorn becomes first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he will hold until 1945.
  • Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 is introduced.
  • Football

  • International
  • Irish League
  • Irish Cup
  • Motorcycling

  • 14 October - First Ulster Grand Prix motorcycle road race takes place on the Old Clady circuit.
  • Births

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

  • 3 February - John Butler Yeats, artist and father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats (born 1839).
  • 22 May - William Twaddell, Ulster Unionist Party MP, assassinated by Irish Republican Army (born 1884).
  • 8 December - Joe McKelvey, Irish Republican Army officer executed during the Irish Civil War.
  • References

    1922 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia