1931 in Northern Ireland
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Football
- The Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland national football teamThe Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.
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- Winners: GlentoranGlentoran F.C.Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
- Winners: Glentoran
- Irish CupIrish CupFor the equivalent tournament in the Republic of Ireland, see FAI Cup.The Irish Cup is the national cup knock-out competition in Northern Irish football. Inaugurated in 1881, it is the fourth oldest national cup competition in the world...
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- Winners: LinfieldLinfield F.C.Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
3 - 0 Ballymena UnitedBallymena United F.C.Ballymena United, is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club hails from the town of Ballymena, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds. Club colours are sky blue and white. Away Colours are Red and BlackThe club was...
- Winners: Linfield
Births
- 15 February - John ErrittJohn ErrittMichael John Mackey Erritt, CB was the Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service.- Education :* St Andrew's College, Dublin* Prince of Wales School, Nairobi...
, Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service (d.20022002 in Northern Ireland-Events:*9 January - confrontations outside Holy Cross Primary School during the afternoon school run, exploded into widespread sectarian rioting, which spread across north Belfast and continued on 10 January, when the school was closed....
). - 9 April - Patrick WalshPatrick Walsh (Bishop)Patrick Joseph Walsh , is an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and from 1991 until 2008 he was the 31st Bishop of Down & Connor. Dr Walsh was born in 1931 at Cobh, Irish Free State...
, Bishop of Down & Connor (1991 - ) - 15 April - Sir Kenneth BloomfieldKenneth BloomfieldSir Kenneth Percy Bloomfield is a former head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service who was later a member of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains and for a time Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner...
, former head of the Northern Ireland Civil ServiceNorthern Ireland Civil ServiceThe Northern Ireland Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy of Crown employees that supports the Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved government of Northern Ireland....
and a member of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission and the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' RemainsIndependent Commission for the Location of Victims' RemainsThe Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was established by treaty between the United Kingdom Government and the Government of Ireland, made on 27 April 1999 in connection with the affairs of Northern Ireland....
. - 15 June - Martin SmythMartin SmythReverend William Martin Smyth is a Northern Irish unionist politician, and was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Belfast South from 1982-2005...
, Unionist politician and minister of the Presbyterian Church in IrelandPresbyterian Church in IrelandThe Presbyterian Church in Ireland , is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland...
. - 28 June - John MorrowJohn Morrow (peace activist)Rev. Dr. John Morrow was a Presbyterian minister and peace activist in Northern Ireland. He was integral in the 1965 founding of the Corrymeela Community, a Christian group committed to promoting peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland...
, Presbyterian minister and peace activist (d.20092009 in Northern Ireland-Events:*23 January - The seventh plenary meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council is held at the University of Ulster at Magee, Derry.*27 January - Environment Minister Sammy Wilson grants the National Trust planning permission for a new visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway.*January -...
) - 29 June - Brian Hutton, Baron HuttonBrian Hutton, Baron HuttonJames Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC, QC , is a former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and British Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.- Background :...
, former Law LordJudicial functions of the House of LordsThe House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, historically also had a judicial function. It functioned as a court of first instance for the trials of peers, for impeachment cases, and as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. In the latter case the House's...
. - 4 July - Stephen BoydStephen BoydStephen Boyd was an Irish actor, from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in around 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in Ben-Hur.-Biography:...
, actor (d.19771977 in Northern Ireland-Events:*29 May - A massive peace rally takes place in Belfast organized by Betty Williams, Mairéad Corrigan and Ciarán McKeown.*May - Shankill Butchers are arrested....
). - 5 August - Billy BinghamBilly BinghamWilliam Laurence "Billy" Bingham, MBE is a former international footballer and football manager. He is currently a scout for English Football League Championship side Burnley....
, footballer and football manager. - 25 October - Jimmy McIlroyJimmy McIlroyJames "Jimmy" McIlroy MBE is a former football player, regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of Burnley Football Club.-At Burnley:...
, former international soccer player. - 31 December - Bob ShawBob ShawBob Shaw, born Robert Shaw, was a science fiction author and fan from Northern Ireland. He was noted for his originality and wit. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1979 and 1980...
, science fiction novelist (d.19961996 in Northern Ireland-Events:*24 January - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence as conditions for entry to all-party talks in Northern Ireland.*31 March - Crumlin Road in Belfast is closed....
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