1952 in Northern Ireland, the Glossary
Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland.[1]
Table of Contents
44 relations: Alan Green (broadcaster), Alex Maskey, Ards F.C., Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Binnian Tunnel, Daniel O'Neill (painter), Derek Spence, Film director, Gary Moore, Gerald Dawe, Glenavon F.C., Glentoran F.C., Governor of Northern Ireland, Graham Forsythe, Hunger strike, Irish Cup, Joey Dunlop, John Linehan (entertainer), John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, Lancelot Curran, Lenny Murphy, Liam Neeson, List of mayors of Belfast, Louisa Watson Peat, Martin O'Neill, Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland Football League, Paramilitary, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Screenwriting, Shankill Butchers, Silent Valley Reservoir, Sinn Féin, Terry George, Tommy McKearney, Ulster loyalism, William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, William Peskett, 1883 in Ireland, 1952 in Scotland, 1952 in Wales, 1982 in Northern Ireland, 2000 in Northern Ireland.
- 1950s in Northern Ireland
- 1952 in Europe
- 1952 in the United Kingdom
Alan Green (broadcaster)
Alan Green (born 25 June 1952) is a Northern Irish former sports commentator, mainly on football but also on golf, rowing and the Olympic Games.
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Alex Maskey
Alex Maskey (born 8 January 1952) is a former Northern Irish politician who served as Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2020 to 2024 and was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2002 to 2003.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and Alex Maskey
Ards F.C.
Ards Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Championship.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and Ards F.C.
Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough
Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, (9 June 1888 – 18 August 1973), styled Sir Basil Brooke, 5th Baronet, between 1907 and 1952, and commonly referred to as Lord Brookeborough, was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from May 1943, until March 1963.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough
Binnian Tunnel
The Binnian Tunnel (2.5 miles long) was constructed between 1947 and 1950/51 and is located under the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Daniel O'Neill (painter)
Daniel O'Neill (1920 – March 9, 1974) was a Romantic painter born in Belfast, Ireland.
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Derek Spence
Derek William Spence (born 18 January 1952) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer.
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Film director
A film director is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision.
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Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 19526 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician.
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Gerald Dawe
Gerald Dawe (22 April 1952 – 29 May 2024) was an Irish poet, academic and literary critic.
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Glenavon F.C.
Glenavon Football Club is a Northern Irish professional football club that competes in the NIFL Premiership.
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Glentoran F.C.
Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club based in East Belfast, that plays in the NIFL Premiership.
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Governor of Northern Ireland
The governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch.
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Graham Forsythe
Basil Graham Forsythe (17 October 1952–16 March 2012) was a Canadian artist.
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Hunger strike
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance where participants fast as an act of political protest, usually with the objective of achieving a specific goal, such as a policy change.
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Irish Cup
The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Clearer Water Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland.
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Joey Dunlop
William Joseph Dunlop (25 February 1952 – 2 July 2000) was a Northern Irish motorcyclist from Ballymoney, County Antrim, who was noted for his performances at the Isle of Man TT.
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John Linehan (entertainer)
John Joseph Linehan, MBE (born 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish entertainer, most known for his drag queen character May McFettridge.
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John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator.
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Lancelot Curran
Major Sir Lancelot Ernest Curran (8 March 1899 – 20 October 1984, leighrayment.com; accessed 26 September 2017.) was a Northern Ireland High Court judge and parliamentarian.
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Lenny Murphy
Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy (2 March 1952 – 16 November 1982) was a Northern Irish loyalist and UVF officer.
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Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland.
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List of mayors of Belfast
The Lord Mayor of Belfast is the leader and chairperson of Belfast City Council, elected annually from and by the city's 60 councillors.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and List of mayors of Belfast
Louisa Watson Peat
Louisa Watson Peat, born Louisa Watson Small, (1883–1953) was an Irish-born writer and lecturer.
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Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
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Mourne Mountains
The Mourne Mountains (Beanna Boirche), also called the Mournes or the Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland.
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The Northern Ireland Football League (abbreviated to NIFL), also known as the Irish League, is the national football league of Northern Ireland.
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Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and Paramilitary
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
The prime minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972.
See 1952 in Northern Ireland and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Screenwriting
Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games.
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Shankill Butchers
The Shankill Butchers were an Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang – many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) – that was active between 1975 and 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Silent Valley Reservoir
The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland.
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Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Terry George
Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director.
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Tommy McKearney
Tommy McKearney (born 1952) is a former Irish volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army who took part in the 1980 hunger strike.
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Ulster loyalism
Ulster loyalism is a strand of Ulster unionism associated with working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland.
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William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville
William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, (11 July 1880 – 25 June 1953), styled The Honourable William Leveson-Gower until 1939, was a British naval commander and governor from the Leveson-Gower family.
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William Peskett
William Peskett (born 1952) is a poet from Northern Ireland.
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1883 in Ireland
Events from the year 1883 in Ireland.
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1952 in Scotland
Events from the year 1952 in Scotland. 1952 in Northern Ireland and 1952 in Scotland are 1952 by country, 1952 in Europe and 1952 in the United Kingdom.
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1952 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1952 to Wales and its people. 1952 in Northern Ireland and 1952 in Wales are 1952 by country, 1952 in Europe and 1952 in the United Kingdom.
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1982 in Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1982 in Northern Ireland. 1952 in Northern Ireland and 1982 in Northern Ireland are years of the 20th century in Northern Ireland.
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2000 in Northern Ireland
Events during the year 2000 in Northern Ireland. 1952 in Northern Ireland and 2000 in Northern Ireland are years of the 20th century in Northern Ireland.
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See also
1950s in Northern Ireland
- 1950 in Northern Ireland
- 1951 in Northern Ireland
- 1952 in Northern Ireland
- 1953 in Northern Ireland
- 1954 in Northern Ireland
- 1955 in Northern Ireland
- 1956 in Northern Ireland
- 1957 in Northern Ireland
- 1958 in Northern Ireland
- 1959 in Northern Ireland
- Saor Uladh
1952 in Europe
- 1952 in Belgium
- 1952 in Bulgaria
- 1952 in Denmark
- 1952 in Estonia
- 1952 in France
- 1952 in Germany
- 1952 in Iceland
- 1952 in Ireland
- 1952 in Luxembourg
- 1952 in Northern Ireland
- 1952 in Norway
- 1952 in Portugal
- 1952 in Romania
- 1952 in Russia
- 1952 in Scotland
- 1952 in Spain
- 1952 in Sweden
- 1952 in Switzerland
- 1952 in Turkey
- 1952 in Wales
- 1952 in the Soviet Union
- 1952 in the United Kingdom
- European Political Community (1952)
- Exercise Longstep
1952 in the United Kingdom
- 1952 Special Honours
- 1952 in British music
- 1952 in British radio
- 1952 in British television
- 1952 in Northern Ireland
- 1952 in Scotland
- 1952 in Wales
- 1952 in the United Kingdom
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. case
- British North Greenland expedition
- Cranford Agreement
- Death and state funeral of George VI
- Exercise Ardent
- List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1952
- Operation Cauldron
- Operation Hurricane
- Operation ROBOT
- Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II