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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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| 1882 |
| | Irish chief secretary Lord Frederick Cavendish and a colleague are assassinated in Phoenix Park in Dublin | |
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| 1884 |
| | The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded in Ireland to promote indigenous games such as hurling | |
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| 1886 |
| | Gladstone's bill promising Home Rule for Ireland splits the Liberal party in Britain's House of Commons | |
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