1928 in Northern Ireland

1928 in Northern Ireland

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.
*Struggling Clogher Valley Railway taken over by a committee of management appointed by Tyrone and Fermanagh County Councils. [cite book |last= Ferris |first= T |title= The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)|publisher= Midland Publishing|year= 1993 |isbn= 1-85780-017-6 ]
*Work starts on building the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast. Completed in 1933.

Arts and literature

port

Football

*International::4 February Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Walescite book | last=Hayes, Dean| year=2006 |title=Northern Ireland International Football Facts | publisher=Appletree Press | location= Belfast | pages=p 166-167|isbn=0-86281-874-5] ::25 February Scotland 0 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)::22 October England 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)

*Irish League::Winners: Belfast Celtic

*Irish Cup::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

*7 April - James White, science fiction novelist (d.1999).
*17 June - Basil McIvor, Ulster Unionist politician (d.2004).
*28 June - John Stewart Bell, physicist and originator of Bell's Theorem (d.1990).
*5 October - David Hammond, singer, film-maker and broadcaster (d.2008). [cite news | first=Seamus | last=Heaney | title=david Hammond | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/28/ireland.folk|date=2008-08-28|work=The Guardian | accessdate=2008-09-01]
*30 October - Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (d.2005).
*19 December - Eve Bunting, author.

Full date unknown

*Anne Dickson, former Unionist Party of Northern Ireland MP.

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