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1742 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.

Incumbent

Monarch: George II

Events

c. March – Newry Canal opened. On 28 March the Cope brings the first load of Tyrone coal carried from Lough Neagh to Dublin by this route.
13 April – first performance of Handel's Messiah staged at Neal's Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin 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 – Hugh Boulter, Anglican Primate of All Ireland (born 1672)
;Full date unknown
:*James Arbuckle, poet and critic (born 1700).

References

Delany, Ruth. (1986). "A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways". Appletree Press.
(1989). "A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History". Oxford University Press.
"BBC History British History Timeline".

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