1742 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.
File:Musick-hall-dublin.jpg
The Great Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin, scene of the first performance of Handel's Messiah
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 the Music Hall in Fishamble Street, Dublin.[3] 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).
