Mr Hugh Mckelvey was born from 11 July 1909 to 7 November 1909, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland as the son of Mr William Mckelvey and Jane McKelvey. He lived in Cullybackey, County Antrim, Ireland in 1911. He died from 10 March 1997 to 3 October 1997, in Ballymena, Seke, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.
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Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.
In the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Ireland was partitioned, with the unionist-dominated north east becoming Northern Ireland.
New elections. The voters return de Valera and also approve a new constitution which abolishes the Irish Free State and proclaims Eire (Gaelic for Ireland) as a sovereign, independent, democratic state.
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shealbhaigh, ‘son of Sealbhach’, a personal name from the adjective sealbhach ‘rich in herds, rich’. McKelvey is stressed on the syllable Anglicized Kel, but where the pronunciation is unfamiliar confusion is possible with McEvoy .
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