1928 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 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.
- 28 June - The keel of the first 1000ft (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
Football
- International
- Irish League
- Winners: Belfast Celtic
- 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
- 19 February - Sam Cree, playwright (died 1980).
- 7 April - James White, science fiction novelist (died 1999).
- 18 April - Anne Dickson, former 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
- 19 November - Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, politician (born 1839)
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See also
References
- Ferris, T. (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
- Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
- Heaney, Seamus (28 August 2008). "david Hammond". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- "Sir Charles Brett". The Independent. 24 December 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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