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Events from the year 1742 in Ireland.

Incumbent

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.

September 27 – Hugh Boulter, Anglican Primate of All Ireland (born 1672)
Full date unknown
- James Arbuckle, poet and critic (born 1700).

^ Delany, Ruth (1986). A celebration of 250 years of Ireland's Inland Waterways. Belfast: Appletree Press. ISBN 0-86281-200-3.
^ 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.
^ "BBC History British History Timeline". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.

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