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1952 in Northern Ireland

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

Decades:
  
1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Incumbents

  • Monarch - George VI (until 6 February 1952), Elizabeth II

    • Events

  • August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (2.5 miles (4.0 km)), feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains.

    • Arts and literature

  • Daniel O'Neill paints Birth.

    • Football

  • Irish League
  • Irish Cup

    • Births

  • 8 January - Alex Maskey, first Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor and MLA.
  • 18 January - Derek Spence, footballer.
  • 25 February - Joey Dunlop, motorcycle racer (died 2000).
  • 1 March - Martin O'Neill, international footballer and football manager.
  • 2 March - Lenny Murphy, loyalist paramilitary and leader of the Shankill Butchers (died 1982).
  • 4 April - Gary Moore, guitarist.
  • 7 June - Liam Neeson, actor.
  • 25 June - Alan Green, sports broadcaster.

    • Full date unknown

  • Gerald Dawe, writer and poet.
  • Graham Forsythe, artist.
  • Terry George, screenwriter and director.
  • John Linehan, comedian (May McFettridge).
  • Tommy McKearney, former hunger striker and member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, now a journalist.
  • William Peskett, poet.

    • Deaths

  • Louisa Watson Peat, writer and lecturer (born 1883)

    • References

    1952 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia
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