1942 in Ireland

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1942
in
Ireland

Decades:	1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s
Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
See also:	1942 in Northern Ireland Other events of 1942 List of years in Ireland

Events

3 March - Due to the 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.
2 June - Speed levels are restricted to prevent wear of tyres on cars, motorcycles and buses.
11 August - Irish Rose rescues seven survivors from the American ship Wawaloam in the Atlantic.^[1]
13 August - Irish Pine rescues nineteen survivors from the British ship Richmond Castle in the Atlantic.^[1]
26 August - Irish Willow rescues 47 survivors from the British ship Empire Breeze in the Atlantic.^[1]
17 September - Irish Larch rescues forty survivors from the Panamanian ship Stone Street in the Atlantic.^[1]
2 October - British cruiser Curaçao 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.
Cavan Cathedral (Roman Catholic) completed.

Elizabeth Bowen publishes Bowen's Court.
Eric Cross publishes 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.^[2]

Winners: Cork United

Winners: Dundalk 2 - 2, 3 - 1 Cork United.

12 January - John Moore, Bishop of the Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria.
12 January - Hilary Weston, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (from 1997 to 2002).
18 January - Eric Barber, soccer player.
12 February - Robert Ellison, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, Gambia.
22 April - Aengus Fanning, journalist and editor.
15 May - Pádraic McCormack, Fine Gael TD for Galway West.
18 August - Tommy Carroll, soccer player.
30 August - Jonathan Aitken, former Conservative Member of Parliament, convicted of perjury in 1999.
August - Ned O'Keeffe, Independent TD for Cork East, formerly Fianna Fáil.
17 September - Des Lynam, sportscaster and British television personality.
4 October - Frank Stagg, Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker for 62 days in Wakefield Prison (died 1976).
24 December - Anthony Clare, psychiatrist and broadcaster (died 2007).

John Bowman, historian and broadcaster.
Tony Doyle, actor (died 2000).
Jackie Gilroy, Gaelic footballer (died 2007).
Pat Ingoldsby, former television presenter, poet.
Sean Matgamna, Trotskyist theorist.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poet.
Breandán Ó Madagain, Irish scholar and writer.
Nuala O'Faolain, journalist and writer.
Padraig O'Malley, professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and writer.
Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (died 2007).
Ted Tynan, Workers' Party of Ireland councillor in Cork.
Macdara Woods, poet.

1 January - John Meredith, Australian Army Brigadier General (born 1864).
8 January - Thomas Hughes, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at Guillemont, France (born 1885).
14 January - James Graham, cricketer (born 1906).
7 February - Bishop Patrick McKenna, Bishop of Clogher, 1909-1942 (born 1868).
8 April - Philip Meldon, cricketer (died 1874).
20 April - Thomas Kelly, founding member of Sinn Féin, member of 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), later a member of Fianna Fáil.
11 May - George Nicolls, former Sinn Féin and Cumann na nGaedheal TD.
29 May - Samuel Jacob Jackson, politician in Canada (born 1848).
30 June - Robert Pilkington, lawyer and politician who sat in Western Australian Legislative Assembly and British House of Commons (born 1870).

1 July - Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (born 1857)
15 July - Paddy Finucane, RAF fighter pilot, youngest Wing Commander in RAF history, killed in action (born 1920).
10 September - Patrick Stone, Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (born 1857).
30 September - Jack Finlay, Laois hurler and TD (born 1890).
23 November - Peadar Kearney, Irish Republican and songwriter who wrote the lyrics to The Soldier's Song (born 1883).

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Forde, Frank (2000). "Appendix 4: Rescues by Irish Ships during World War II". The Long Watch: World War Two and the Irish Mercantile Marine (rev ed.). Dublin: New Island. ISBN 1-902602-42-0.
↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

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