1928 in Northern Ireland
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:YearInNorthernIrelandNav Events during the year 1928 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- 29 January – In Belfast, members of the nationalist opposition protest at the Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish Proportional representation.
- 19 May – The foundation stone of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at Stormont.
- 28 June – The keel of the first 1000 ft (300 m)-long ocean liner, Oceanic, for the White Star Line, is laid by Harland and Wolff in Belfast; construction is delayed, and will be cancelled in 1929.
- The struggling Clogher Valley Railway taken over by a committee of management appointed by Tyrone and Fermanagh County Councils.[1]
- Work starts on building the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, completed in 1933.
- Irish Linen Guild established.
Sport
Football
- International
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- Winners: Willowfield 1 - 0 Larne
- Derry City are founded, entering the Irish League the following year.
- 7 April – Ballymena United F.C. are founded as Ballymena Football Club.
Births
- 19 February – Sam Cree, playwright (died 1980).
- 7 April – James White, science fiction novelist (died 1999).
- 18 April (in London) – Anne Dickson, Unionist Party of Northern Ireland MP.
- 17 June – Basil McIvor, Ulster Unionist politician (died 2004)
- 28 June – John Stewart Bell, physicist and originator of Bell's Theorem (died 1990).
- 25 July – Jimmy Jones, footballer (died 2014)
- 5 October – David Hammond, singer, filmmaker and broadcaster (died 2008).[3]
- 30 October – Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (died 2005).[4]
- 19 December – Eve Bunting, author.
Deaths
- 19 November – Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, politician (born 1839)
See also
References
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