Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents Governor - Earl Granville (until 1 December), The Lord Wakehurst (from 1 December) Prime Minister - Basil Brooke
Events August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (), 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 Irish League Winners: Glenavon
Irish Cup Winners: Ards 1 - 0 Glentoran
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). 27 March – Linda Martin, singer.Sources seem to vary on Martin's date of birth. On 14 April 2019, the Sunday Independent stated that Martin was 72. On 21 April 2019, the Sunday Independent writer noted that Martin had "contacted us to say she was actually 67 on March 27" 4 April – Gary Moore, guitarist. 22 April – Gerald Dawe, writer and poet. 7 June – Liam Neeson, actor. 25 June – Alan Green, sports broadcaster. 17 October – Graham Forsythe, artist. 20 December – Terry George, screenwriter and film director.
Full date unknown John Linehan, drag performer (May McFettridge). Tommy McKearney, hunger striker, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, later journalist. William Peskett, poet.
See also 1952 in Scotland 1952 in Wales
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