1931 in Northern Ireland explained

Events during the year 1931 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

The Northern Ireland international soccer team change the colour of their shirt from blue to green.
Irish League

Winners: Glentoran

Winners: Linfield 3 - 0 Ballymena United

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).

Book: Delany, Ruth. A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast. Appletree Press. 1986. 0-86281-200-3.
News: Abandonment of Ulster Canal. Northern Whig. Belfast. 1931-01-14. 1.
Web site: Erritt, (Michael) John (Mackey) : Who Was Who - oi . Oxford Index. December 2007. Oxford University Press. 11 January 2018. en. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u15060.