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1952 in Northern Ireland

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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 (2.5 mi), 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).
  • 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.

References

References

  1. "Your Place And Mine - Down - Binnian Tunnel - Introduction and Background".
  2. "Murder in the glen". The Irish Times.
  3. Reihill, Karen. "Daniel O'Neill: A mysterious painter pervaded by darkness". The Irish Times.
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