1952 in Northern Ireland
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Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland.
- Governor - Earl Granville (until 1 December), The Lord Wakehurst (from 1 December)
- Prime Minister - Basil Brooke
Events
- 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]
Arts and literature
- Daniel O'Neill paints Birth.[3]