- 1842 in Ireland
Events
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October - "The Nation" newspaper is founded.Births
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6 February -Jeremiah O'Sullivan , Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile (d.1896).
*10 February -Agnes Mary Clerke , astronomer and writer (d.1907).
*9 May - William Hone, cricketer (d.1919).
*23 August -Osborne Reynolds , engineer and prominent innovator in the understanding offluid dynamics (d.1912).Full date unknown
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John Devoy ,Fenian organiser, exiled to America (d.1928).Deaths
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11 April - John England, first Catholic Bishop ofCharleston, South Carolina (b.1786).
*8 June -Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton , politician. (b.1776).
*12 August -William Corbet , member of theUnited Irishmen , soldier, Commander-in-Chief to French forces in Greece (b.1779).
*30 August -John Banim , dramatist and playwright (b.1798).
*28 September -Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 1st Baronet , judge, politician andAttorney-General for Ireland (b.1789).
*4 October -Lowry Cole , soldier, politician and MP forEnniskillen from 1797 to 1800, Governor ofMauritius andCape Colony (b.1772).Full date unknown
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William Beatty , Ship's Surgeon onHMS Victory during theBattle of Trafalgar (b.1773).
*William Maginn , journalist and writer (b.1794).
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