1542 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1542 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. ^ ^{a b} 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.