1928 in Northern Ireland

	1928 in
Northern Ireland

Decades:	1920s • 1930s • 1940s
Centuries:	20th • 21st
See also:	1928 in the United Kingdom 1928 in Ireland Other events of 1928

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.
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.

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]

Winners: Belfast Celtic

Winners: Willowfield 1 - 0 Larne

7 April - James White, science fiction novelist (d.1999).
17 June - Basil McIvor, Ulster Unionist politician (d.2004).
28 June - John Stewart Bell, physicist and originator of Bell's Theorem (d.1990).
5 October - David Hammond, singer, film-maker and broadcaster (d.2008).^[3]
30 October - Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (d.2005).
19 December - Eve Bunting, author.

^ Ferris, T (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. p 166-167. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
^ Heaney, Seamus (2008-08-28). "david Hammond". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/28/ireland.folk. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.

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