1930 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1930 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * The Education (Northern Ireland) Act restores 50% government funding to Voluntary (chiefly Catholic) schools and allows religious instruction in controlled schools.

Football

 * International
 * 1 February Northern Ireland 7 – 0 Wales (Joe Bambrick scored six of the goals)
 * 22 February Scotland 3 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)
 * 20 October England 5 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Sheffield)


 * Irish League
 * Winners: Linfield


 * Irish Cup
 * Winners: Linfield 4 – 3 Ballymena United

Births

 * 8 March – Douglas Hurd, seventh Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
 * 8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano (died 2019).
 * 9 July – Hugh Morrow, footballer and manager
 * 23 September – Colin Blakely, actor (died 1987).
 * Jim Anderson, loyalist paramilitary
 * Tomás Ó Canainn, electrical engineer and traditional musician (died 2013).

Deaths

 * 1 October – James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864).
 * May Crommelin, novelist and travel writer (born 1849/1850).