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| 1814 |
| | | Robert Peel, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces a police force soon known as the 'Peelers' | |
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| 1823 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell organizes Catholic Associations throughout Ireland, funded by the members' penny subscriptions | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell wins a sensational by-election victory to join the Westminster parliament | |
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| 1833 |
| | | Hector Berlioz marries an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson, with whom he has been obsessed since seeing her play Ophelia and Juliet in 1827 | |
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| 1838 |
| | | An Irish packet steamer, the Sirius, becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, completing the journey to New York in 19 days | |
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| 1842 |
| | | Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell pioneers mass political demonstrations, which become known as 'monster meetings' | |
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| 1843 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell is convicted of seditious conspiracy and is sentenced to prison | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Daniel O'Connell is acquitted on appeal and released from prison | |
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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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