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Events from the year 1846 in Ireland. ==Events== *Ongoing - Great Famine: The first deaths from hunger take place early in the year. ''Phytophthora infestans'' almost totally destroys the summer potato crop and the Famine worsens considerably. By December a third of a million destitute people are employed on public works.〔 *13 March - Ballinglass Incident: eviction of 300 tenants at the village of Ballinglass. *22 September - The Great Western Steamship Company's , bound from Liverpool for New York, runs aground in Dundrum Bay (County Down). She lies here for almost a year, protected by temporary measures organised by her designer, I. K. Brunel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Isambard Kingdom Brunel )〕 *Maziere Brady succeeds Sir Edward Sugden as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, an office which he will hold (with short intervals) until 1866. *HM Prison Crumlin Road in Belfast is opened with the arrival of the first inmates, who are forced to walk from Carrickfergus Prison in chains. *The first substantial English translation of the Annals of the Four Masters, made by Owen Connellan, is published. *''The Anglo-Celt'' newspaper begins weekly publication in Cavan. *Historian Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (Roderic O'Flaherty)'s ''Chorographical description of West or Iar Connacht'' (1684) is first published. 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「1846 in Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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