1931 in Northern Ireland

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* 1929
* 1928
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* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
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Centuries:|

*   *   * 20th
* 21st

Decades:|

*   * 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s

See also:|

* 1931 in the United Kingdom
* 1931 in Ireland
* Other events of 1931
* List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

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* 9 January – Ulster Canal abandoned.[1][2]
* Ulster Protestant League established.

## Sport

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### Football

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* The Northern Ireland international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.
* Irish League

Winners: Glentoran

* Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 Ballymena United

## Births

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* 24 January – Charles Harding Smith, loyalist paramilitary (died 1997).
* 15 February – John Erritt, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service (died 2002).[3]
* 18 February – Peter Scott, né Gulston, burglar (died 2013 in London).
* 8 April – Paddie Bell, folk singer (died 2005).
* 9 April – Patrick Walsh, Bishop of Down & Connor (1991-2008) (died 2023).
* 15 April – Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and member of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission and the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains.
* 25 April – James Fenton, Ulster Scots poet (died 2021).
* 15 June – Martin Smyth, Unionist politician and minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
* 28 June – John Morrow, Presbyterian minister and peace activist (died 2009).
* 29 June – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, Law Lord (died 2020).
* 4 July – Stephen Boyd, actor (died 1977).
* 5 August – Billy Bingham, international footballer and manager (died 2022).
* 25 October – Jimmy McIlroy, international footballer (died 2018).
* 31 December – Bob Shaw, science fiction novelist (died 1996).

## Deaths

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Main article: Deaths in 1931

Further information: Category:1931 deaths

## See also

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* 1931 in Scotland
* 1931 in Wales

## References

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1. ^ Delany, Ruth (1986). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
2. ^ "Abandonment of Ulster Canal". Northern Whig. Belfast. 14 January 1931. p. 1.
3. ^ "Erritt, (Michael) John (Mackey) : Who Was Who - oi". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u15060. Retrieved 11 January 2018.