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Events from the year 1852 in Ireland. ==Events== *5 January - The troopship HMS ''Birkenhead'' boards British Army recruits at Queenstown. It has insufficient lifeboats. *26 February - The ''Birkenhead'' founders off the coast of South Africa. The soldiers stand to attention while women and children are placed in the lifeboats. *10 June * *The 18-arch Craigmore Viaduct near Newry on the Dublin-Belfast railway line is opened (construction began in 1849). * *The Irish Industrial Exhibition is opened in Cork. * 1 October - Patent Law Amendment Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, merging the English, Scottish and Irish patent systems. *End of the Great Famine. In the period it has lasted since 1845, one million people have emigrated from Ireland. The Irish now make up a quarter of the population of Liverpool, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore; and a half of Toronto. *Tenant farmer Michael O'Regan emigrates from County Tipperary to London. He will become paternal great-grandfather to Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. 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「1852 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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