1542 in Ireland explained

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]}
• February - March – first Jesuit mission to Ireland.^{[1] [3]}
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody, T. W.. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. 1989. 978-0-19-821744-2. etal.
2. Web site: Crown of Ireland Act 1542. Heraldica. 2003-07-25. 2012-11-01.
3. Book: Moody, T. W. . Martin, F. X. . 1967. The Course of Irish History. Mercier Press. Cork. 370.