1942 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] Events

• 1 January - Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes.^[1]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Glentoran

[edit] Births

• 19 February - Phil Coulter, musician and music producer.
• 1 May - Eric Welsh, footballer.
• 8 May - Terry Neill, footballer and football manager.
• 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 (d.1999).
• 9 September - Kieran McCarthy, Alliance Party MLA.
• 14 September - Bernard MacLaverty, author.
• 3 December - Mike Gibson, former Irish international rugby union footballer.
• Ken Robinson, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
• Geoffrey Squires, poet.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References