Events during the year 1942 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents Governor - The Duke of Abercorn Prime Minister - J. M. Andrews

Events 1 January – Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes. 26 January – First United States troops for the European Theatre of World War II arrive in the United Kingdom at Belfast.

Sport Football Irish League Winners: Belfast Celtic

Irish Cup Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Glentoran

Births 13 January – Arthur Stewart, footballer (died 2018). 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. 2 June – Ken Robinson, Ulster Unionist Party MLA. 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, fiction writer. 16 November – Geoffrey Squires, poet. 3 December – Mike Gibson, rugby union international.

Deaths 19 May – Sir Joseph Larmor, physicist (born 1857).

See also 1942 in Scotland 1942 in Wales

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