1942 in Northern Ireland

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.

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).