1928 in Northern Ireland

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* 1926
* 1925
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* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
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Centuries:|

*   *   * 20th
* 21st

Decades:|

*   *   * 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s

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* 1928 in the United Kingdom
* 1928 in Ireland
* Other events of 1928
* List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1928 in Northern Ireland.

## Incumbents

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* Governor \-  The Duke of Abercorn
* Prime Minister \- James Craig

## Events

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* 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

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### Football

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* International

4 February Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Wales[2]
25 February Scotland 0 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)[2]
22 October England 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)[2]

* 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

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* 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

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* 19 November – Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, politician (born 1839)

## See also

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* 1928 in Scotland
* 1928 in Wales

## References

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1. ^ Ferris, T. (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
2. ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 166–167\. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
3. ^ Heaney, Seamus (28 August 2008). "David Hammond". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
4. ^ "Sir Charles Brett". The Independent. 24 December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2018.