1926 in Northern Ireland

← 1925 1924 1923 1926 in Northern Ireland → 1927 1928 1929
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	1926 in the United Kingdom 1926 in Ireland Other events of 1926 List of years in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Monarch - George V

Events

• 21 January - The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture meets his Free State counterpart, Patrick Hogan. The meeting paves the way for co-operation in securing better animal health for livestock.
• 18 April - Census held in Northern Ireland (and the Free State).^[1]
• The population of Northern Ireland is 1,257,000.

Sport

Football

• International

13 February Northern Ireland 3 - 0 Wales^[2]

27 February Scotland 4 - 0 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)^[2]

20 October England 3 - 3 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)^[2]

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Belfast Celtic 3 - 2 Linfield

Golf

• Royal County Down Golf Club bring in Harry Colt to make further improvements to the course.

Births

• 10 February - Danny Blanchflower, footballer and football manager (died 1993)
• 10 February - Jack Kyle, international rugby player
• 6 April - Ian Paisley, founder of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008 (died 2014).
• 9 April - Gerry Fitt, first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (died 2005).
• 15 May - Margaret Guilfoyle, Senator for the state of Victoria (Australia) from 1971 to 1987.
• 6 June - Johnny McKenna, footballer (died 1980).
• 6 September - Gerry Burrell, footballer.
• 23 September - Stanley McMaster, barrister and Unionist Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1974 (died 1992).
• 6 November - Frank Carson, comedian

Full date unknown

• 20 January - Sarah Conlon, housewife and successful campaigner for the release of the Guildford Four (died 2008).
• Gerry Adams, Sr., IRA volunteer, father of Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin President) (died 2003).
• Paddy Doherty, activist (died 2016).

References