1942 in Northern Ireland

Incumbents

• Governor - The Duke of Abercorn
• Prime Minister - J. M. Andrews

Events

• 1 January – Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes.
• 26 January – First United States troops for the European Theatre of World War II arrive in the United Kingdom at Belfast.

Sport

Football

• Irish League ::Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Glentoran

Births

• 13 January – Arthur Stewart, footballer (died 2018).
• 19 February – Phil Coulter, musician and music producer.
• 12 March – Christina Reid, playwright (died 2015).
• 1 May – Eric Welsh, footballer.
• 8 May – Terry Neill, footballer and football manager.
• 2 June – Ken Robinson, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
• 10 June – Gordon Burns, journalist and television presenter.
• 16 August – Frank McManus, solicitor and former Unity MP.
• 3 September – Paddy Kennedy, Republican Labour Party Councillor and MP (died 1999).
• 9 September – Kieran McCarthy, Alliance Party MLA.
• 14 September – Bernard MacLaverty, fiction writer.
• 16 November – Geoffrey Squires, poet.
• 3 December – Mike Gibson, rugby union international.

Deaths

• 19 May – Sir Joseph Larmor, physicist (born 1857).

References

References

1. Ferris, Tom. (1993). "The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)". Midland Publishing.
2. Shaw, Antony. (2005). "World War II Day By Day". Spellmount.