1952 in Northern Ireland

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

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]

Winners: Glenavon

Winners: Ards 1 - 0 Glentoran

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.

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.

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