1940 in Northern Ireland

1940
in
Northern Ireland

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:

Events during the year 1940 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

  • The Northern Ireland Players join with the Ulster Theatre and the Jewish Institute Dramatic Society to form the Group Theatre.[3]
  • Opening of the Vogue Cinema, Kilkeel, County Down, a notable example of modern architecture, designed by Ben Cowser.[4]
  • Louis MacNeice publishes his poetry collection The Last Ditch (including "The Coming of War" sequence).[5]

Sport

Football

Winners: Belfast Celtic
Winners: Ballymena United 2 - 0 Glenavon

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. McClements, Freya (26 August 2005). "Press censorship and emergency rule in Ireland: The ban on the Derry Journal, 1932 & 1940" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. Baker, Michael H. C. (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways: A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
  3. Gray, John (1984). "Interview From The Archive: Joseph Tomelty". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. "Vogue Cinema, Kilkeel, County Down". Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
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