Events during the year 1924 in Northern Ireland.
Governor - The Duke of Abercorn
Prime Minister - James Craig
24 March - Ballycastle Railway closes due to financial difficulties.24 April - No agreement is reached at the Boundary Conference in London. The Irish Boundary Commission is now set up to examine the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.6 May - James Craig refuses to nominate a Northern Ireland representative to the Boundary Commission.11 August - Ballycastle Railway reopens under Northern Counties Committee ownership.14 September - First BBC broadcast from Belfast (station 2BE).24 October - Éamon de Valera is arrested at Newry Town Hall after defying an order preventing him from speaking in Northern Ireland.Football
International
1 March Scotland 2 - 0 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)
15 March Northern Ireland 0 - 1 Wales[2]
22 October England 3 - 1 Northern Ireland (in Liverpool)
Irish League
Winners: Queen's Island
Irish Cup
Winners: Queen's Island 1 - 0 Willowfield
12 January - Arthur Armstrong, painter (died 1996).15 April - Padraic Fiacc, poet.18 April - Roy Mason, fourth Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.26 May - Sheelagh Murnaghan, only Ulster Liberal Party Member of Parliament at Stormont (died 1993).11 July - Charlie Tully, footballer (died 1971).2 December - William Craig, former Unionist MP and founder of the Ulster Vanguard movement.14 December - Andy Thompson, Canadian politician.17 December - Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Party MP for North Belfast from 1983 to 2001 (died 2007).Full date unknown - Max Clendinning, architect and interior designer.6 June - William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder and businessman (born 1847).Full date unknown - Marjorie Robinson, artist (born 1858).