1940 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1940 in Northern Ireland.

1940
in
Northern Ireland

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Events

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Arts and literature

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  • The Northern Ireland Players join with the Ulster Theatre and the Jewish Institute Dramatic Society to form the Group Theatre.[4]
  • Opening of the Vogue Cinema, Kilkeel, County Down, a notable example of modern architecture, designed by Ben Cowser.[5]
  • Louis MacNeice publishes his poetry collection The Last Ditch (including "The Coming of War" sequence).[6]

Sport

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Football

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

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "This Union". The Long View. 13 July 2021. BBC Radio 4.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Baker, Michael H. C. (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways: A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7.
  4. ^ Gray, John (1984). "Interview From The Archive: Joseph Tomelty". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Vogue Cinema, Kilkeel, County Down". Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  6. ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.