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Events from the year 1740 in Ireland. ==Events== *January–February - The 'Great Frost' continues: unusually harsh winter followed by a Spring drought. *April - Citizens of Drogheda prevent food being exported from their town to Scotland. *May 31–June 2 - Bread riots in Dublin. *June–December - Exceptionally cold weather, leading to the Great Irish Famine (1740-1741).〔 *First steam engine installed in Ireland, for pumping at Doonane Colliery, Shrule.〔 *A Dublin–Belfast stage coach service runs. *Conolly's Folly in the grounds of Castletown House, County Kildare, commissioned by Katherine Conolly from architect Richard Cassels, is erected to provide employment for hundreds of the poor of Celbridge during the Famine. *The original Ballymena Castle burns down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1740 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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