1931 in Northern Ireland

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Northern Ireland → 1932 1933 1934
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	1931 in the United Kingdom 1931 in Ireland Other events of 1931 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 9 January – Ulster Canal abandoned. ^{[1] [2]}
• 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). ^[3]
• 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).
• 31 December – Bob Shaw, science fiction novelist (died 1996).

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1931

Further information: Category:1931 deaths

See also

• 1931 in Scotland
• 1931 in Wales

References

1. Delany, Ruth (1986). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. ISBN   0-86281-200-3.
2. "Abandonment of Ulster Canal". Northern Whig. Belfast. 14 January 1931. p. 1.
3. "Erritt, (Michael) John (Mackey) : Who Was Who - oi". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u15060 . Retrieved 11 January 2018.