1942 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1942 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• President: Douglas Hyde
• Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (FF)

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.
• 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 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.^[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.
• 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, 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.
• 12 February - Robert Ellison, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Banjul, Gambia.
• 22 April - Aengus Fanning, journalist and editor (d. 2012).
• 15 May - Pádraic McCormack, Fine Gael TD for Galway West.
• July - John Bowman, historian and broadcaster.
• 18 August - Tommy Carroll, soccer player.
• 30 August - Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Member of Parliament, convicted of perjury in 1999.
• August - Ned O'Keeffe, Independent TD for Cork East, originally 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).
• 28 November - Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, poet.
• 24 December - Anthony Clare, psychiatrist and broadcaster (died 2007).

Full date unknown

• Jackie Gilroy, Gaelic footballer (died 2007).
• Pat Ingoldsby, television presenter, poet.
• P. J. Mara, political adviser and senator (died 2016).
• 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 of Ireland councillor in Cork.
• Macdara Woods, poet.

Deaths

January to June

• 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).

July to December

• 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, writer of the lyrics to The Soldier's Song (born 1883).

Full date unknown

• Éamon a Búrc, tailor and seanchaí (born 1866).
• Patrick R. Chalmers, writer (born 1872).

References

1. Douglas, R. M. (2009). Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-7998-5.
2. 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.
3. Wills, Clair (2007). That Neutral Island. London: Faber. ISBN 9780571221059.
4. Fallon, Gabriel (May 1942). "Greatness and Paul Vincent Carroll". Irish Monthly (Dublin: Irish Jesuit Province) 70 (827): 196–202. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
5. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.