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This is a timeline of Irish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Ireland. To read about the background to these events, see History of Ireland . See also the list of Lords and Kings of Ireland , alongside Irish heads of state , and the list of years in Ireland .
Ultimately, the land question was settled through successive Irish Land Acts by the United Kingdom – beginning with the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870 and the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 of William Ewart Gladstone, which first gave extensive rights to tenant farmers, then the Wyndham Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903 won by William O ...
Full date unknown. William Abraham, Irish Nationalist MP (died 1915). Timothy J. Campbell, Democrat U.S. Representative from New York (died 1904). Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photographer in the United States (died 1882)
An 1849 depiction of Bridget O'Donnell and her two children during the famine. The chronology of the Great Famine (Irish: An Gorta Mór [1] or An Drochshaol, lit. ' The Bad Life ') documents a period of Irish history between 29 November 1845 and 1852 [2] during which time the population of Ireland was reduced by 20 to 25 percent. [3]
6 June – 1841 census of Ireland: the first thorough census is completed and the population of Ireland is calculated to be just under 8.2 million. [1] 1 November – Daniel O'Connell is elected as the first Roman Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin in centuries. [2] 3 November – foundation stone for Saint Malachy's Church, Belfast is laid ...
1840 – Daniel O'Connell launches his Repeal the Act of Union movement. [citation needed] 1840 – Ireland's cottage industries fail to compete with mechanised production and imports from England. The devastation of these industries contributes to rural families' dependence on the potato crop as a staple of their diet.
Irish history timelines (3 C, 4 P) Y. Years in Ireland (24 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of Ireland by period" The following 13 pages are in this category, out ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar ... 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; See also: 1849 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1849 List of years in Ireland: Events from ...