1938 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1938 in Northern Ireland. == Incumbents == Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - James Craig == Events == 16 March – Belfast Harbour Airport at Sydenham is opened, with the inaugural commercial flight to Glasgow. 17 March – British Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) is launched at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. 24 May – The new Anti-Partition Party takes eight seats in a Unionist-controlled Londonderry Corporation. == Arts and literature == April – Louis MacNeice publishes I Crossed the Minch and his poetry The Earth Compels. == Sport == === Football === Irish League Winners: Belfast Celtic Irish Cup Winners: Belfast Celtic 2 - 0 Bangor == Births == 20 January – Derek Dougan, footballer (died 2007). 21 January – Ken Maginnis, Baron Maginnis of Drumglass, Ulster Unionist Party politician. 16 February – Sammy Chapman, footballer and football manager. 17 March – Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (died 2018 in Scotland. 3 April – Raymond Hunter, cricketer and rugby player (died 2020). 7 May – John Caldwell, boxer. 26 May – May Blood, Baroness Blood, community activist. 1 June – Desmond Boyd, community activist. 19 June – John Sheil, lawyer and judge. 25 July – Ken Kirkpatrick, cricketer. 28 August – Dick Creith, motorcycle road racer. == Deaths == 12 December – James McNeill, politician and second Governor-General of the Irish Free State (born 1869). == See also == 1938 in Scotland 1938 in Wales == References ==