1942 in Northern Ireland

← 1941 1940 1939 1942 in Northern Ireland → 1943 1944 1945
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	1942 in the United Kingdom 1942 in Ireland Other events of 1942 List of years in Northern Ireland

Events

• 1 January - Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes.^[1]
• 26 January - First United States troops for the European Theatre of World War II arrive in the United Kingdom at Belfast.^[2]

Sport

Football

• Irish League

Winners: Belfast Celtic

• Irish Cup

Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Glentoran

Births

• 19 February - Phil Coulter, musician and music producer.
• 12 March - Christina Reid, playwright (died 2015).
• 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 (died 1999).
• 9 September - Kieran McCarthy, Alliance Party MLA.
• 14 September - Bernard MacLaverty, author.
• 3 December - Mike Gibson (rugby player).
• Ken Robinson, Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
• Geoffrey Squires, poet.

References

1. Ferris, Tom (1993). The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines). Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-017-6.
2. Shaw, Antony (2005). World War II Day By Day. Staplehurst: Spellmount. ISBN 1-86227-304-9.