1930 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1930 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

• Governor – The Duke of Abercorn
• Prime Minister – James Craig

Events

• The Education (Northern Ireland) Act restores 50% government funding to Voluntary (chiefly Catholic) schools and allows religious instruction in controlled schools.

Sport

Football

• International

:1 February Northern Ireland 7 – 0 Wales (Joe Bambrick scored six of the goals)

:22 February Scotland 3 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Glasgow)

:20 October England 5 – 1 Northern Ireland (in Sheffield)

• Irish League

:Winners: Linfield

• Irish Cup

:Winners: Linfield 4 – 3 Ballymena United

Births

• 8 March – Douglas Hurd, seventh Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• 8 May – Heather Harper, operatic soprano (died 2019).
• 9 July – Hugh Morrow, footballer and manager (died 2020).
• 23 September – Colin Blakely, actor (died 1987).
• Jim Anderson, loyalist paramilitary
• Tomás Ó Canainn, electrical engineer and traditional musician (died 2013).

Deaths

• 10 August – May Crommelin, novelist and travel writer (born 1849/1850).
• 1 October – James Whiteside McCay, Lieutenant General in the Australian Army, member of the Victorian and Australian Parliaments (born 1864).

See also

• 1930 in Scotland
• 1930 in Wales

References