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Events from the year 1845 in Ireland. ==Events== *18 February – Devon Commission reports to the British government on the poor living conditions of the Irish population: "in many districts their only food is the potato". *9 September – Previously unknown potato blight strikes the potato crop: start of the Great Famine. *31 October–1 November – An emergency meeting of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom (summoned on 15 October by Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) votes against Peel on the distribution of relief in Ireland, considering it would call the Corn Laws into question. *9–10 November – Peel orders the secret purchase of £100,000 worth of maize and meal from the United States for distribution in Ireland.〔 *15 November – Scientific Commissioners (appointed in October) report that half the Irish potato crop has been destroyed by the blight.〔 *20 November – A Relief Commission for Ireland first meets.〔〔 *5 December – Unable to persuade his Cabinet to repeal the Corn Laws in the face of the Great Famine, Peel tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom〔 to Queen Victoria but is reinstated days later when Lord John Russell is unable to form a government.〔 *30 December – Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway are incorporated. *Bessbrook in County Armagh is established as a model village by Quaker linen manufacturer John Grubb Richardson. *Construction begins of the "Leviathan of Parsonstown", a telescope built by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. *Work completed on the building of Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast. 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「1845 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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