1542 in Ireland

Events from the year 1542 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 14th
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
Decades:
  • 1520s
  • 1530s
  • 1540s
  • 1550s
  • 1560s
See also:Other events of 1542
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Lord/Monarch: Henry VIII

Events
  • 15 February – 7/10 March: the Parliament of Ireland meets in Limerick and re-enacts the Crown of Ireland Act, declaring King Henry VIII of England and his heirs to be Kings of Ireland, for the benefit of Munster and Connacht.[1][2][3]
  • February–March – first Jesuit mission to Ireland.[1][4]
  • June 18 – Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is enacted, ending the Lordship of Ireland and creating the Kingdom of Ireland.
  • August 8 – St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher, is created from the former abbey church.
  • September 7 – Bernard O'Higgins is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.
  • Dissolution of the Monasteries – establishments dissolved include:
    • Armagh Friary.
    • Ballintubber Abbey.
    • Claregalway Friary.
    • Fermoy Monastery.
    • Kells Abbey, Co. Antrim (1 February).
    • Kilcrea Friary (friars remaining in occupancy under protection of the MacCarthy family).
    • Knockmoy Abbey (24 May).
    • Movilla Abbey.
    • Rattoo Abbey, Ballyduff, County Kerry.
    • Timoleague Friary.
    • Woodburn Abbey, Co. Antrim (1 March).
    • Youghal Nunnery.
  • November 25 - Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act shires these two counties.

Births
  • Edmund O'Donnell, Jesuit martyr (k. 1575)

Deaths
  • August 9 – Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, noblewoman.
  • Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth, nobleman (b. c.1485)

References
  1. Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
  2. "Crown of Ireland Act 1542". Heraldica. 2003-07-25. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  3. Text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 1) as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
  4. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
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