1928 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1928 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

 * Governor - 	 The Duke of Abercorn
 * Prime Minister - James Craig

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.
 * 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.
 * Work starts on building the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, completed in 1933.
 * Irish Linen Guild established.

Football

 * International
 * 4 February Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Wales
 * 25 February Scotland 0 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)
 * 22 October England 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)


 * Irish League
 * Winners: Belfast Celtic


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Willowfield 1 - 0 Larne


 * Derry City are founded, entering the Irish League the following year.
 * 7 April – Ballymena United F.C. are founded as Ballymena Football Club.

Births

 * 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).
 * 30 October – Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (died 2005).
 * 19 December – Eve Bunting, author.

Deaths

 * 19 November – Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, politician (born 1839)