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1942
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See also: Other events of 1942
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1942 in Ireland.

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Events

  • January – Newrath Bridge in County Wicklow collapses.
  • 3 March – due to The Emergency the rationing of gas is introduced.
  • 5 March – it is announced that Ireland is to have a new Central Bank replacing the old Currency Commission.
  • 16 March – Irish Willow is detained by German submarine U-753 but released.
  • April – attempted shooting of two Garda Síochána detectives during a ceremony at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, for which Brendan Behan is imprisoned.
  • 2 June – speed levels are restricted to prevent wear of tyres on cars, motorcycles and buses.
  • Summer – Ailtirí na hAiséirghe, a radical nationalist and fascist political party, is founded by Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin.
  • 7 June – first mass held at the new Roman Catholic Cavan Cathedral (dedication 27 September).
  • 11 August – Irish Rose rescues seven survivors from the American ship Wawaloam in the Atlantic.
  • 13 August – Irish Pine rescues nineteen survivors from the British ship Richmond Castle in the Atlantic.
  • 26 August – Irish Willow rescues 47 survivors from the British ship Empire Breeze in the Atlantic.
  • 17 September – Irish Larch rescues forty survivors from the Panamanian ship Stone Street in the Atlantic.
  • 2 October – British cruiser Curacoa (D41) collides with the liner Queen Mary off the coast of Donegal and sinks: 338 die.
  • 15 November – Irish Pine torpedoed and sunk by U-608, in North Atlantic: 33 die.
  • 12 December – Irish Poplar collides with the launch Eileen and the Cork Harbour pilot during a force eight gale: five die.
  • 22 December – there are reports of a split in the Labour Party due to the selection of candidates for the forthcoming general election.
  • December – Government prohibits direct newspaper advertising in Ireland of jobs in the U.K. During the year £4.5M is remitted to Ireland from Irish workers already in Britain through the Post Office.
  • Lice-born typhus spreads.

Arts and literature

  • 16 March – Paul Vincent Carroll's wartime drama The Strings Are False premieres at the Olympia Theatre (Dublin).
  • June – Brendan Behan's "I Become a Borstal Boy" is published in The Bell.
  • Elizabeth Bowen publishes Bowen's Court.
  • Ina Boyle's sketch for small orchestra Wildgeese is premiered.
  • Eric Cross publishes his novel The Tailor and Ansty, which is prohibited in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board.
  • Patrick Kavanagh's poetry The Great Hunger is published by the Cuala Press.
  • Maura Laverty's novel Never No More is published, having been serialised in The Bell.
  • Seán Ó Súilleabháin's A Handbook of Irish Folklore is published for the Folklore of Ireland Society in Dublin.

Sport

Football

League of Ireland
Winners: Cork United
FAI Cup
Winners: Dundalk 2 – 2, 3 – 1 Cork United.

Golf

Births

Deaths

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