1929 in Northern Ireland

List of events

* 1928
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* 1926
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* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
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Centuries:|

*   *   * 20th
* 21st

Decades:|

*   *   * 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s

See also:|

* 1929 in the United Kingdom
* 1929 in Ireland
* Other events of 1929
* List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1929 in Northern Ireland.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

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* 8 February – A Belfast court sentences Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera to one month in jail for illegally entering County Armagh.
* 22 May – Northern Ireland general election for the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the first held following abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat territorial constituencies. The Ulster Unionist Party retains a substantial majority.
* 30 May – United Kingdom general election.
* 23 July – Construction of the first 1000 ft (300 m)-long ocean liner, RMMV Oceanic, for the White Star Line, begun by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1928, is cancelled.
* Six banks in Northern Ireland begin to issue banknotes in sterling.

## Sport

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### Football

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* International

2 February Wales 2 - 2 Northern Ireland (in Wrexham)[1]
23 February Northern Ireland 3 - 7 Scotland[1]
19 October Northern Ireland 0 - 3 England[1]

* Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

* Irish Cup

Winners: Ballymena United 2 - 1 Belfast Celtic

* Derry City joins the Irish League.

## Births

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* 9 January – Brian Friel, playwright (died 2015).
* 29 June – Desmond Fennell, contrarian writer (died 2021).
* 8 July – A. T. Q. Stewart, historian (died 2010).
* 16 July – Tommy Dickson, footballer (died 2007).
* 25 August – Clifford Forsythe, Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim (died 2000).
* 11 September – Patrick Mayhew, 10th Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016).
* 23 October – Robert Coulter, Ulster Unionist Party MLA (died 2018).

## Deaths

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* 15 January – Priscilla Studd, Protestant Christian missionary, died in Spain (born 1864).
* 29 April – Otto Jaffe, twice elected as Irish Unionist Party Lord Mayor of Belfast (born 1846).

## See also

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* 1929 in Scotland
* 1929 in Wales

## References

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1. ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. p. 1\. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.