1942 in Northern Ireland

Events during the year 1942 in Northern Ireland.

Incumbents

1 January – Clogher Valley Railway ceases operations and closes.{{cite book|last=Ferris|first= Tom|title=The Irish Narrow Gauge (Volume 2, The Ulster Lines)|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Hinckley|year=1993|isbn=1-85780-017-6 }}
26 January – First United States troops for the European Theatre of World War II arrive in the United Kingdom at Belfast.{{cite book|first=Antony|last=Shaw|title=World War II Day By Day|location=Staplehurst|publisher=Spellmount|year=2005|isbn=1-86227-304-9}}

::Winners: Belfast Celtic

::Winners: Linfield 3 - 1 Glentoran

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.