1952 in Northern Ireland explained

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 (2.5miles), feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains.^[1]
• 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.^[2]

Arts and literature

• Daniel O'Neill paints Birth.^[3]

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.
• 7 June – Liam Neeson, actor.
• 25 June – Alan Green, sports broadcaster.
• 17 October – Graham Forsythe, artist.
• 20 December – Terry George, screenwriter and director.

Full date unknown

• Gerald Dawe, writer and poet.
  • • 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)

See also

• 1952 in Scotland
• 1952 in Wales

References

1. Web site: Your Place And Mine - Down - Binnian Tunnel - Introduction and Background. 2021-08-08. www.bbc.co.uk.
2. Web site: Murder in the glen. 2021-08-08. The Irish Times. en.
3. Web site: Reihill. Karen. Daniel O’Neill: A mysterious painter pervaded by darkness. 2021-08-08. The Irish Times. en.