1845 in Ireland
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Decades: 1820s • 1830s • 1840s • 1850s • 1860s Centuries: 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st See also: 1845 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1845 List of years in Ireland

Events

• Devon Commission reports to the government on the poor living conditions of the population: "in many districts their only food is the potato" ¹.
• August - Previously unknown disease strikes the potato crop. The start of the Irish Potato Famine¹.
• 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 (HM Prison) in Belfast.

Births

• 23 March - John T. Browne, Mayor of Houston, Texas (d.1941).
• 6 April - Edward Hardman, geologist (d.1887).
• 10 June - David Dickson Rogers, politician in Ontario (d.1915).
• 1 July - James M. Bell, United States Army soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor in 1876 during the Indian Wars (d.1901).
• 4 July - Thomas John Barnardo, philanthropist (d.1905).

Full date unknown

• James Carey, Fenian and informer (d.1883).
• Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, social reformer (d.1925).
• Emily Lawless, writer (d.1913).
• John Pinkerton, Irish Parliamentary Party MP (d.1908).

Deaths

• 28 April - James Graham, soldier, commended for his gallantry during the Battle of Waterloo (b.1791).
• 13 July - Johnston Drummond, early settler of Western Australia, botanical and zoological collector (b.1820).
• 16 September - Thomas Osborne Davis, lawyer and writer, author of the song "A Nation Once Again" (b.1814).
• 17 December - Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore, politician and High Sheriff (b.1801).

Full date unknown

• William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington, politician (b.1763).

References