1931 in Northern Ireland

none September 2020 February 2012 1931 Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - James Craig Events 9 January – Ulster Canal abandoned.Ruth Delany A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways Belfast Appletree Press 1986 0-86281-200-3Abandonment of Ulster Canal Northern Whig Belfast 1931-01-14 1 Ulster Protestant League established. Sport Football 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 24 January – Charles Harding Smith, loyalist paramilitary (died 1997). 15 February – John Erritt, deputy director of the British Government Statistical Service (died 2002).Erritt, (Michael) John (Mackey) : Who Was Who - oi http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15060 Oxford Index December 2007 Oxford University Press 11 January 2018 en 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u15060 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 (died 2025). 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). 2 November – Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Democratic Unionist Party politician and life peer. 31 December – Bob Shaw, science fiction novelist (died 1996). Deaths Deaths in 1931 Category:1931 deaths See also 1931 in Scotland 1931 in Wales References Category:1931 in Europe Category:1931 by country