1942 in Ireland

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

Last updated September 21, 2024

Incumbents

President: Douglas Hyde
Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF)
Tánaiste: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
Minister for Finance: Seán T. O'Kelly (FF)
Chief Justice: Timothy Sullivan
Dáil: 10th
Seanad: 3rd

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.^[1]
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.^[2]
13 August – Irish Pine rescues nineteen survivors from the British ship Richmond Castle in the Atlantic.^[2]
26 August – Irish Willow rescues 47 survivors from the British ship Empire Breeze in the Atlantic.^[2]
17 September – Irish Larch rescues forty survivors from the Panamanian ship Stone Street in the Atlantic.^[2]
2 October – British cruiser Curacoa (D41) collides with the liner Queen Mary (serving as a troopship) off the coast of Donegal and sinks: 338 die.
15 November – Irish Pine torpedoed and sunk by U-608, in the 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.^[3]
Lice-born typhus spreads.^[3]

Arts and literature

16 March – Paul Vincent Carroll's wartime drama The Strings Are False premieres at the Olympia Theatre (Dublin).^[4]
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.^[5]
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

Irish Open is not played due to The Emergency.

Births

12 January
- John Moore, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria.
- Hilary Weston, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (from 1997 to 2002).
16 January – Tony Doyle, actor (died 2000).
18 January – Eric Barber, soccer player.
1 February – P. J. Mara, political adviser and senator (died 2016).
12 February – Robert Ellison, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, Gambia.
17 February – Bill Cullen, businessman
22 April – Aengus Fanning, journalist and editor (died 2012).
15 May – Pádraic McCormack, Fine Gael TD for Galway West.
May – Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (died 2004).
28 July – John Bowman, historian and broadcaster.
1 August – Ned O'Keeffe, Independent TD for Cork East, originally Fianna Fáil.
18 August – Tommy Carroll, soccer player.
25 August – Pat Ingoldsby, television presenter, poet.
30 August – Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Member of Parliament (UK), perjurer and Anglican priest.
17 September – Des Lynam, sportscaster and British television personality.
4 October – Frank Stagg, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (died of hunger strike 1976 in Wakefield Prison).
20 October – Philomena Begley, country music singer.
24 October – Frank Delaney, novelist, journalist and broadcaster (died 2017).
28 November – Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poet.
24 December – Anthony Clare, psychiatrist and broadcaster (died 2007).
Full date unknown
- Jackie Gilroy, Gaelic footballer (died 2007).
- Padraig O'Malley, peacemaker, professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and writer.
- Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter in Canada (died 2007).
- Ted Tynan, Workers' Party councillor in Cork.
- Macdara Woods, poet (died 2018).

Deaths

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, 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).
12 September – Patrick R. Chalmers, writer on field sports and poet (born 1872).
30 September – Jack Finlay, Laois hurler and TD (born 1889).
6 November – Éamon a Búrc, tailor and seanchaí (born 1866).
23 November – Peadar Kearney, Irish Republican and songwriter, writer of the lyrics to The Soldier's Song (born 1883).

References

↑ Douglas, R. M. (2009). Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7998-6.
1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 Wills, Clair (2007). That Neutral Island. London: Faber. ISBN 9780571221059.
↑ Fallon, Gabriel (May 1942). "Greatness and Paul Vincent Carroll". Irish Monthly . 70 (827). Dublin: Irish Jesuit Province: 196–202. JSTOR 20515011.
↑ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

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[1] Douglas, R. M. (2009). Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-7998-6.

[A4-2] 1 2 3 4 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.

[TNI-3] 1 2 Wills, Clair (2007). That Neutral Island. London: Faber. ISBN 9780571221059.

[4] Fallon, Gabriel (May 1942). "Greatness and Paul Vincent Carroll". Irish Monthly . 70 (827). Dublin: Irish Jesuit Province: 196–202. JSTOR 20515011.

[5] Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

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