1942 in Northern Ireland explained
Events during the year 1942 in Northern Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
Sport
Football
Winners: Belfast Celtic
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
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Ferris, Tom. The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Midland Publishing. Hinckley. 1993. 1-85780-017-6 .
- Book: Shaw, Antony. World War II Day By Day. Staplehurst. Spellmount. 2005. 1-86227-304-9.