1742 in Ireland

• 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==