1933 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1933 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Governor - 	 The Duke of Abercorn
 * Prime Minister - James Craig

Events

 * 31 January–7 April - A strike disrupts rail transport in Northern Ireland. The Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway ceases operation permanently.
 * 24 May – Silent Valley Reservoir (for Belfast water supply) is officially opened.
 * 31 May
 * First regular civil air service from Northern Ireland, to Renfrew.
 * Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, opened by the Governor of Northern Ireland, James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
 * 18 July – Craigavon Bridge in Derry is officially opened.
 * Harry Ferguson assembles a prototype tractor in Belfast.

Football

 * Irish League
 * Winners: Belfast Celtic


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Glentoran 3 - 1 Distillery

GAA

 * Cavan defeat Tyrone 6–13 to 1–02 to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
 * Cavan subsequently defeat Galway 2–05 to 1–04 to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, becoming the first county from Ulster to do so.

Births

 * 14 February – James Simmons, poet, literary critic and songwriter (died 2001).
 * 7 March – Jackie Blanchflower, footballer (died 1998).
 * 14 April – Paddy Hopkirk, rally driver (died 2022).
 * 15 May – Dick Keith, footballer (died 1967).
 * 13 June – Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, 8th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 28 June – Gusty Spence, Ulster Volunteer Force and Progressive Unionist Party figure.
 * 5 July – Maurice Leitch, novelist and radio dramatist.
 * 5 December – Edward Daly, former Catholic Bishop of Derry.
 * Grant "Rusty" Ferguson, Sr., actor in The Blue Lagoon (1949 film) (born in Cookstown).
 * Paddy Wilson, SDLP politician (murdered 1973).

Deaths

 * January - Bowman Malcolm, railway engineer (born 1854).