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1542 in Ireland
Summary
Events from the year
1542 in Ireland
.
←
1541
1540
1539
1538
1537
1542
in
Ireland
→
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
Centuries:
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
Decades:
1520s
1530s
1540s
1550s
1560s
See also:
Other events of 1542
List of years in Ireland
Incumbent
edit
Lord
/
Monarch
:
Henry VIII
Events
edit
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
edit
Edmund O'Donnell
, Jesuit martyr (k.
1575
)
Deaths
edit
August 9
–
Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond
, noblewoman.
Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth
, nobleman (b. c.
1485
)
References
edit
^
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
.
^
"Crown of Ireland Act 1542".
Heraldica
. 2003-07-25
. Retrieved
2012-11-01
.
^
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
.
^
Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967).
The Course of Irish History
. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.