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| 1842 |
| | | Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell pioneers mass political demonstrations, which become known as 'monster meetings' | |
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| 1843 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell is convicted of seditious conspiracy and is sentenced to prison | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell is acquitted on appeal and released from prison | |
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| 1845 |
| | | A blight destroys the potato crop in Ireland and causes what becomes known as the Great Famine | |
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| c. 1846 |
| | | The Irish, fleeing from the potato famine at home, become the main group of immigrants to the USA | |
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| 1858 |
| | | An Irish branch of the US Fenians is established as the Irish Republican Brotherhood | |
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| 1869 |
| | | British prime minister William Gladstone introduces a bill to disestablish the Anglican church in Ireland | |
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| 1870 |
| | | Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, founds the Home Rule association | |
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| 1875 |
| | | Charles Stewart Parnell takes his seat in the House of Commons at Westminster and immediately adds zest to the campaign for Home Rule | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The ancient Irish game of hurling is formalized by the newly founded Irish Hurling Union | |
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