1952 in Northern Ireland

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Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 3.1 Football 4 Births 4.1 Full date unknown 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Sport

[edit] Football

• Irish League

Winners: Glenavon

• Irish Cup

Winners: Ards 1 - 0 Glentoran

[edit] 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 (d. 2000).
• 1 March - Martin O'Neill, international footballer and football manager.
• 2 March - Lenny Murphy, loyalist paramilitary and leader of the Shankill Butchers (d.1982).
• 4 April - Gary Moore, guitarist.
• 7 June - Liam Neeson, actor.
• 25 June - Alan Green, sports broadcaster.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Deaths