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| 1937 |
| | | De Valera's new constitution for Eire lays claim to the six counties of northern Ireland | |
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| 1940 |
| | | Lord Craigavon (previously James Craig) dies in office after nineteen years as northern Ireland's prime minister | |
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| 1943 |
| | | Basil Brooke begins an unbroken 20-year period in office as Unionist prime minister of northern Ireland | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The British government declares that northern Ireland will remain British unless the parliament in Stormont decides otherwise | |
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| 1963 |
| | | Terence O'Neill succeeds Basil Brooke (Lord Brookeborough) as Northern Ireland's prime minister | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Terence O'Neill and Séan Lemass, prime ministers of Northern Ireland and Ireland, have two unprecedented meetings | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Irish poet Seamus Heaney wins critical acclaim for Death of a Naturalist, his first volume containing more than a few poems | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The first civil rights march in northern Ireland, in Derry, is halted by the police with batons and water cannon | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Provisional IRA reintroduces terrorism to northern Ireland after Protestants attack a civil rights march | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Northern Irish player George Best is voted European Footballer of the Year | |
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