1928 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1928 in Northern Ireland.
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Incumbents
Events
- 29 January â In Belfast, members of the nationalist opposition protest at the Ulster Unionist Party government's plan to abolish the single transferable vote.
- 19 May â The foundation stone of the new Northern Ireland Parliament Building is laid at Stormont.
- 28 June â 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 is 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 â Ballymena United F.C. are founded as Ballymena Football Club.
Births
- 19 February â Sam Cree, playwright (died 1980).
- 7 April â James White, science fiction novelist (died 1999).
- 18 April (in London) â Anne Dickson, Unionist Party of Northern Ireland MP.
- 17 June â Basil McIvor, Ulster Unionist politician (died 2004)
- 28 June â John Stewart Bell, physicist and originator of Bell's Theorem (died 1990).
- 25 July â Jimmy Jones, footballer (died 2014)
- 5 October â David Hammond, singer, filmmaker and broadcaster (died 2008).[3]
- 30 October â Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (died 2005).[4]
- 19 December â Eve Bunting, author (died 2023 in the United States).
Deaths
- 19 November â Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, politician (born 1839)