Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - James Craig
Events 9 January – Ulster Canal abandoned. 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). 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). 2 November – Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Democratic Unionist Party politician and life peer. 31 December – Bob Shaw, science fiction novelist (died 1996).
Deaths
See also 1931 in Scotland 1931 in Wales
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