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  The Paddle Steamer the Londonderry, With Immigrants Fleeing the Famine, Takes Shelter in Derry HarbourDecember 1, 1848Ireland
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  Death of William McNab, Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghSeptember 12, 1848Scotland
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  Birth in Clonakilty of William Hartnett, Master of Still Life PaintingAugust 10, 1848Ireland
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  Young Ireland Rising, Battle of the Widow MacCormacks Cabbage GardenJuly 29, 1848Ireland
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  Arthur James Balfour, BornJuly 25, 1848Scotland
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  A Gunfight Takes Place Between Young Ireland Rebels and Police at Widow McCormacks House in Ballingarry, TipperaryJune 29, 1848Ireland
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  At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine Immigrant Ships Wait to UnloadMay 31, 1848Canada
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  The Irish Confederation SplitsMay 13, 1848Ireland
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  The Tricolor National Flag of Ireland Is Presented for the First Time by Thomas Francis Meagher & the Young Ireland PartyApril 14, 1848Ireland
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  First Scottish Settlers Arrive in Dunedin, New Zealand.March 23, 1848New Zealand
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  Birth of Artist Sarah Purser in Dun Laoghaire, Co. DublinMarch 22, 1848Ireland
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  Augustus St. Guadens, Irish Sculptor of Dublins Parnell Monument, Is BornMarch 1, 1848Ireland
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  The Caledonian Railway Company OpenedFebruary 15, 1848Scotland
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  John Mitchel Publishes First United IrishmenFebruary 12, 1848Ireland
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  Greenwich Mean Time Adopted by ScotlandJanuary 29, 1848Scotland
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  Historian Walter Biggar Blaikie Born.November 23, 1847Ireland
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  Sir James Young Simpson Helps Delivers First Child to Be Born With the Aid of AnesthesiaNovember 9, 1847Scotland
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  Bram Stoker, Author of Dracula, Born in DublinNovember 8, 1847Ireland
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  Birth in Carron, Co. Clare of Michael Cusack, GAA FounderSeptember 20, 1847Ireland
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  Birth of Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Musician and Composer.August 22, 1847Ireland
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  Final Run of the Edinburgh to London Mail CoachJuly 5, 1847Scotland
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  Acts Setting Up Soup Kitchens and Rate-Aided Outdoor Famine Relief Come to an EndJune 8, 1847Ireland
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  Birth of Alice Stopford Green in Kells, Co. Meath.May 31, 1847Ireland
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  Death of Thomas Chalmers, First Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.May 30, 1847Scotland
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  Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator, Dies in GenoaMay 15, 1847Ireland
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  The Educational Institute of Scotland Was FoundedApril 17, 1847Scotland
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  The American Relief Ship, Jamestown, Lands Supplies in Cork for Famine VictimsApril 12, 1847Ireland
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  Pope Pius IX Issues an Encyclical Called on Aid for IrelandMarch 25, 1847Ireland
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  Choctaw Indians Collect Money to Donate to Starving Irish Hunger VictimsMarch 23, 1847Ireland
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  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Inventor of Telephone, BornMarch 3, 1847Scotland
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  James Standish OGrady, Novelist, Is Born in Castletownbere, Co. CorkSeptember 18, 1846Ireland
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  John Keegan Casey , Fenian, Poet and Writer of Rising of the Moon Is Born Near Mullingar, Co. WestmeathAugust 22, 1846Ireland
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  Lord John Russells Whig Administration Decides Not to Interfere With Internal or Export Markets for FoodAugust 17, 1846Ireland
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  Birth of Otto Jaffe in HamburgAugust 13, 1846Ireland
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  The Great Southern & Western Railway Line Between Dublin and Carlow OpensAugust 4, 1846Ireland
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  Daniel O'Connell and the Young Irelanders Party SplitJuly 28, 1846Ireland
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  William Smith O’Brien Leads the Young Irelanders Out of the Repeal AssociationJuly 27, 1846Ireland
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  John McLure, BornJuly 17, 1846Ireland
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  Irish Statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell, Is BornJune 27, 1846Ireland
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  England Repeals the Corn LawsJune 26, 1846England
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  Death of Michael Moran, Aka Zozimus, Balladeer and StorytellerApril 3, 1846Ireland
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  Michael Davitt, Known Universally as the Father of the Land League, Is Born in Straid, Co. MayoMarch 25, 1846Ireland
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  Rev Henry Duncan, Founder of the World-Wide Savings Bank Movement, Died Near RuthwellFebruary 12, 1846Scotland
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  Charlotte Grace O'Brien, Social Reformer Who Campaigned Against Conditions on Emigrant Ships, Is BornNovember 23, 1845Ireland
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  A Committee Is Formed to Examine the Extent of the Potato Crop Failure and Suggest RemediesOctober 31, 1845Ireland
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  Lady Caroline Nairne, Songwriter and Poet, Died at Gask.October 26, 1845Ireland
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  Death of Thomas Davis, Revolutionary, Poet, and Political TheoristSeptember 16, 1845Ireland
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  The Arrival of the Potato Blight in Ireland Is Reported in the Dublin Evening PostSeptember 9, 1845Ireland
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  Caledonian Railway Company Authorized to Commence BusinessJuly 31, 1845Scotland
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  Author and Poet, Emily Lawless, Is Born in Lyons Castle, Co. KildareJune 17, 1845Ireland