1742 in Ireland

Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.

The Great Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, scene of the first performance of Handel's Messiah

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Incumbent

• Monarch: George II

Events

• c. March – 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 – 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 – Hugh Boulter, Anglican Primate of All Ireland (born 1672)

  Full date unknown

  • James Arbuckle, poet and critic (born 1700).