- 1942 in Northern Ireland
Events
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1 January -Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes. [cite book |last= Ferris |first= T |title= The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)|publisher= Midland Publishing|year= 1993 |isbn= 1-85780-017-6 ]Arts and literature
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Football
*Irish League::Winners:
Belfast Celtic *
Irish Cup ::Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 GlentoranBirths
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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 andtelevision 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 (rugby player) .
*Ken Robinson,Ulster Unionist Party MLA.
*Geoffrey Squires , poet.Deaths
References
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