1930 in Northern Ireland

← 1929 1928 1927 1930 in Northern Ireland → 1931 1932 1933
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	1930 in the United Kingdom 1930 in Ireland Other events of 1930 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1930 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

• Monarch - George V

Events

• The Education (Northern Ireland) Act restores 50% government funding to Voluntary (chiefly Catholic) schools and allows religious instruction in controlled schools.[1]

Sport

Football

• International

1 February Northern Ireland 7 – 0 Wales (Joe Bambrick scored six of the goals)[2]

22 February Scotland 3 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)[2]

20 October England 5 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Sheffield)[2]

• Irish League

Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 4 – 3 Ballymena United

Births

• 8 March – Douglas Hurd, seventh Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• 8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano (died 2019).
• 9 July – Hugh Morrow, footballer and manager
• 23 September – Colin Blakely, actor (died 1987).
• Jim Anderson, loyalist paramilitary
• Tomás Ó Canainn, electrical engineer and traditional musician (died 2013).

Deaths

• 1 October – James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864).
• May Crommelin, novelist and travel writer (born 1849/1850).

See also

• 1930 in Scotland
• 1930 in Wales

References

1. "1930". History of Education. CAIN Web Service - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland (University of Ulster). Retrieved 22 August 2012.
2. Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.