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Bridge to the Isle of Skye opened.
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John Dillon announces Plan of Campaign for Irish tenants against unfair rents.
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The Irish Nationalist League is founded
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James Paraffin Young obtained a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, starting the chemical industry in West Lothian.
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William Smith O'Brien, Young Irelander, born in Dromoland, Co. Clare
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In a duel at Mullingar, Arthur Rochfort, MP for Co. Westmeath, shoots Dillon Pollard Hampson in the stomach, he recovers
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Battle of Nevilles Cross during which King David II was captured by the English.
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Henry II, fearful that Strongbow will grow too powerful in Ireland, lands at Waterford with an army
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