1742 in Ireland

none 1742 Events from the year 1742 in Ireland. thumb|The Great Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, scene of the first performance of Handel's Messiah Incumbent Monarch: George II Events c. March – Newry Canal opened.Ruth Delany A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways Belfast Appletree Press 1986 0-86281-200-3 On 28 March the Cope brings the first load of Tyrone coal carried from Lough Neagh to Dublin by this route.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal 13 April – first performance of Handel's Messiah staged at Neal's Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublinhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml BBC History British History Timeline 2007-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20070909012414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml 9 September 2007 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 1742 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1740s in Ireland