1842 in Ireland
overview of Ireland-related events during the year of 1842
Events from the year 1842 in Ireland.
Events
15 October – The Nation newspaper is founded in Dublin.
Births
6 February – Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile (died 1896).
10 February – Agnes Mary Clerke, astronomer and writer (died 1907).
9 May – William Hone, cricketer (died 1919).
23 August – Osborne Reynolds, engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics (died 1912).
3 September – John Devoy, Fenian organiser and exile (died 1928 in the United States).
Deaths
25 March – William Beatty, ship's surgeon on HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar (born 1773).
11 April – John England, first Catholic Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina (born 1786).
8 June – Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton, politician.
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