1934 in Northern Ireland

none September 2020 February 2012 1934 Events during the year 1934 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - James Craig Events 20 January – The funeral of the veteran nationalist Member of Parliament, Joseph Devlin, takes place in Belfast. 27 January – Presentation of Belfast Castle to the City of Belfast by the Earl of Shaftesbury is announced.Belfast Castle Presented to the City Belfast Telegraph 27 January 1934 5 28 March – Belfast Zoo opens in part of Bellevue Pleasure Gardens.Opening of Belfast Zoo Londonderry Sentinel 29 March 1934 6 24 April – In a debate in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon, states "All I boast of is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State." (often misquoted as "A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People").http://www.ahds.ac.uk/stormontpapers/pageview.html?volumeno=16&pageno=1095 Stormont Papers 16 1095 24 August 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190258/http://www.ahds.ac.uk/stormontpapers/pageview.html?volumeno=16&pageno=1095 3 March 2016 29 May – King's Hall, Belfast, the largest exhibition venue in Northern Ireland, is opened. Arts and literature 1934 in art Sport Football Irish League Winners: Linfield Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 4 - 0 Cliftonville Ballymena Football Club is renamed Ballymena United F.C. Births 20 January – Josias Cunningham, stock broker, farmer and politician (died 2000). 3 March – Peter Brooke, 9th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. 8 April – Wilson Clyde, former Democratic Unionist Party politician. 14 May – Francis Fee, cricketer. 23 May – Syd Millar, former international rugby player and chairman of the International Rugby Board. 28 June – Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, barrister and judge. 4 July – James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, soldier, politician and peer. 18 August – Ronnie Carroll, singer and entertainer (died 2015). 14 November – Catherine McGuinness, President of the Law Reform Commission and former justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland. Deaths 18 January – Joseph Devlin, Nationalist politician and MP in the British House of Commons and in Northern Ireland (born 1872). April – Robert McCall, lawyer (born 1849). See also 1934 in Scotland 1934 in Wales References Category:1934 in Europe Category:1934 by country