1937 in Northern Ireland

none September 2026 February 2012 thumb|right | Squadron in flight from RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, November 1937 1937 Events during the year 1937 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - James Craig Events 28 February – Population census in Northern Ireland.Government of Northern Ireland Census of Population of Northern Ireland 1937: Preliminary Report Belfast H.M.S.O 1937 28 July – Assassination attempt on King George VI in Belfast by the Irish Republican Army.C. Peter Chen George VI World War II Database http://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=244 2014-12-09 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).Kelly's Coal Yard Ulster Folk Museum https://www.ulsterfolkmuseum.org/stories/kellys-coal-yard 2025-01-09 ulsterfolkmuseum.org en 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). See also 1937 in Scotland 1937 in Wales References Category:1937 in Europe Category:1937 by country