1642 in Ireland
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[edit] Events
- Confederate Ireland established, based in Kilkenny; start of the Irish Confederate Wars.
- Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin routs a Confederate army under Garret Barry advancing on Cork in the Battle of Liscarroll.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 6 June - Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby, peer and Governor of King's County.
- 29 September - David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore, died of his wounds at the Battle of Liscarroll (b.1604).
