1952 in Northern Ireland

List of events

* 1951
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Centuries:|

*   *   * 20th
* 21st

Decades:|

* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s

See also:|

* 1952 in the United Kingdom
* 1952 in Ireland
* Other events of 1952
* List of years in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland.

## Incumbents

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* Governor \- Earl Granville (until 1 December), The Lord Wakehurst (from 1 December)
* Prime Minister \- Basil Brooke

## Events

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* August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (2.5 miles (4.0 km)), 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

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* Daniel O'Neill paints Birth.[3]

## Sport

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### Football

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* Irish League

Winners: Glenavon

* Irish Cup

Winners: Ards 1 - 0 Glentoran

## Births

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* 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.

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* 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

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* Louisa Watson Peat, writer and lecturer (born 1883)

## See also

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* 1952 in Scotland
* 1952 in Wales

## References

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1. ^ "Your Place And Mine - Down - Binnian Tunnel - Introduction and Background". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. ^ "Murder in the glen". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
3. ^ Reihill, Karen. "Daniel O'Neill: A mysterious painter pervaded by darkness". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.