1952 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland.
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.
- 12 November - Murder of Patricia Curran, 19 year old daughter of Sir Lancelot Curran. Iain Hay Gordon was found guilty of her murder, but the sentence was overturned in 2000.
Arts and literature
- Daniel O'Neill paints Birth.
Sport
Football
- Winners: Glenavon
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)