Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland.
Contents
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).[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.
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).