1542 in Ireland

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.
• February-March – first Jesuit mission to 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.
• *Kilcrea Friary.
• *Knockmoy Abbey.
• *Movilla Abbey.
• *Rattoo Abbey, Ballyduff, County Kerry.
• *Timoleague Friary.
• *Woodburn Abbey, Co. Antrim.
• *Youghal Nunnery.
• November 25 - Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act shires these two counties.

  Births

• Edmund O'Donnell, Jesuit martyr

  Deaths

• August 9 – Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, noblewoman.
• Christopher St Lawrence, 5th Baron Howth, nobleman