1928 in Northern Ireland

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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.
Struggling Clogher Valley Railway taken over by a committee of management appointed by Tyrone and Fermanagh County Councils.^[1]
Work starts on building the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, completed in 1933.
Irish Linen Guild established.

4 February Northern Ireland 1 - 2 Wales^[2]

25 February Scotland 0 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)^[2]

22 October England 2 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)^[2]

Winners: Belfast Celtic

Winners: Willowfield 1 - 0 Larne

19 February - Sam Cree, playwright (died 1980).
7 April - James White, science fiction novelist (died 1999).
18 April - Anne Dickson, former 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).^[3]
30 October - Charles Brett, lawyer, journalist, author and founding member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society (died 2005).
19 December - Eve Bunting, author.

↑ Ferris, T. (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
1 2 3 Hayes, Dean (2006). Northern Ireland International Football Facts. Belfast: Appletree Press. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-86281-874-5.
↑ Heaney, Seamus (28 August 2008). "david Hammond". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

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