1928 in Northern Ireland

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

Events during the year 1928 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

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 1000 ft (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.

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

19 February – Sam Cree, playwright (died 1980).
7 April – James White, science fiction novelist (died 1999).
18 April (in London) – Anne Dickson, 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.

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Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
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