1952 in Northern Ireland

← 1951 1950 1949 1952 in Northern Ireland → 1953 1954 1955
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

Incumbents

• Monarch - George VI (until 6 February 1952), Elizabeth II

Events

• August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (2.5 miles (4.0 km)), feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains.

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.
• 7 June - Liam Neeson, actor.
• 25 June - Alan Green, sports broadcaster.

Full date unknown

• Gerald Dawe, writer and poet.
• Graham Forsythe, artist.
• Terry George, screenwriter and director.
• 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)