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See also:	Other events of 1542 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1542 in Ireland.

Incumbent

15 February – 7/10 March: the Parliament of Ireland meets in Limerick and re-enacts the Crown of Ireland Act, declaring King Henry VIII of England and his heirs to be Kings of Ireland, for the benefit of Munster and Connacht.^[1]^[2]^[3]
February–March – first Jesuit mission to Ireland.^[1]^[4]
June 18 – Crown of Ireland Act 1542 is enacted, ending the Lordship of Ireland and creating the Kingdom of Ireland.
August 8 – St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher, is created from the former abbey church.
September 7 – Bernard O'Higgins is consecrated as Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.
Dissolution of the Monasteries – establishments dissolved include:
- Armagh Friary.
- Ballintubber Abbey.
- Claregalway Friary.
- Fermoy Monastery.
- Kells Abbey, Co. Antrim (1 February).
- Kilcrea Friary (friars remaining in occupancy under protection of the MacCarthy family).
- Knockmoy Abbey (24 May).
- Movilla Abbey.
- Rattoo Abbey, Ballyduff, County Kerry.
- Timoleague Friary.
- Woodburn Abbey, Co. Antrim (1 March).
- Youghal Nunnery.
November 25 - Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act shires these two counties.

^ ^a ^b Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
^ "Crown of Ireland Act 1542". Heraldica. 2003-07-25. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
^ Text of the Crown of Ireland Act (I) 1542 (c. 1) as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.