1742 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- c. March â Newry Canal opened.[1] On 28 March the Cope brings the first load of Tyrone coal carried from Lough Neagh to Dublin by this route.[2]
- 13 April â first performance of Handel's Messiah staged at Neal's Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin[3] in aid of local charities. Matthew Dubourg leads the orchestra. Handel leaves Ireland on 13 August.
Births
- John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort, politician (died 1817).
Deaths
- September 27 â Hugh Boulter, Anglican Primate of All Ireland (born 1672)
- Full date unknown
- James Arbuckle, poet and critic (born 1700).