1922 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1922 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - The Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (until 6 December)
 * Governor - 	 The Duke of Abercorn (from 12 December)
 * Prime Minister - James Craig

Events

 * January–March - Two "Craig–Collins Pacts" fail to resolve sectarian differences between North and South.
 * 6 January - The terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty are published. Éamon de Valera offers his resignation as president.
 * 7 January - Dáil Éireann votes on the Treaty following Arthur Griffith's motion for approval. The result is 64 in favour and 57 against.
 * 10 February - The Treaty Bill is introduced in the British House of Commons. It provides for the dissolution of the "Southern Ireland" parliament and the election of a parliament to which the Provisional Government will be responsible.
 * 24 March - McMahon killings: Five men, four wearing police uniforms, shoot all eight men in a Belfast Catholic household, killing six, in a reprisal attack for the previous killing of police officers.
 * 1 April - Arnon Street killings: Members of the police force murder six Belfast Catholic civilians in a revenge attack for the previous killing of a police officer.
 * 19 May - The Irish Republican Army, with the covert support of Michael Collins, attempts to launch a "Northern Offensive" in Ulster.
 * 1 June - Official founding of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
 * 4 June - The British Army recaptures Belleek, County Fermanagh, from the Irish Republican Army.
 * 18 September - W. T. Cosgrave introduces the Constitution of Saorstát Éireann Bill to enable the implementation of the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland.
 * 5 December - UK Parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new Constitution of the Irish Free State.
 * 6 December - Twelve months after the signing of the Treaty the Irish Free State officially comes into existence.
 * 12 December - The Duke of Abercorn becomes first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he will hold until 1945.
 * Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922 is introduced.

Football

 * International
 * 4 March Scotland 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)
 * 1 April Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Wales (in Belfast)
 * 21 October England 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (in West Bromwich)


 * Irish League
 * Winners: Linfield


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Linfield 2 - 0 Glenavon

Motorcycling

 * 14 October - First Ulster Grand Prix motorcycle road race takes place on the Old Clady circuit.

Births

 * 13 February - Francis Pym, second Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 13 March - David Graham, cricketer.
 * 31 March - Patrick Magee, actor (died 1982).
 * 12 April - Billy McComb, magician and comedian (died 2006).
 * 19 May - Joe Gilmore, barman (Savoy Hotel's American Bar) (died 2015)
 * 12 August - Humphrey Atkins, fifth Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 1996).
 * 24 November - Joan Turner, singer and comedian (died 2009).
 * 25 November - Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell, Ulster Unionist MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons and Minister (died 2000).

Deaths

 * 3 February - John Butler Yeats, artist and father of W. B. Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats (born 1839).
 * 22 May - William Twaddell, Ulster Unionist Party MP, assassinated by Irish Republican Army (born 1884).
 * 8 December - Joe McKelvey, Irish Republican Army officer executed during the Irish Civil War.