- 1847 in Ireland
Events
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13 January -Irish Confederation established.cite book | last=Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds)| year=1967 |title=The Course of Irish History | publisher=The Mercier Press | location=Cork, Ireland | pages=p 376]
*February - Soup kitchens system established; famine at its height.
*March - 400 people die in theDoolough Tragedy
*15 May - Death ofDaniel O'Connell .
*June - Poor Law Amendment Act.
*Potato crop free from blight, but inadequate due to small area sown.
*December -John Mitchel breaks away from "The Nation (Irish newspaper) ".
The NationArts and literature
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Births
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31 May -William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie , shipbuilder and businessman (d.1924).
*17 June -Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken , civil servant,Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (d.1932).
*15 July - J. J. Clancy,Member of Parliament , barrister and journalist (b.1928).
*28 August -Norman Garstin , artist (d.1926).
*9 October - John Coleman,United States Marine , recipient ofMedal of Honor for his actions in 1871 during theKorean Expedition (d.1897).
*8 November -Bram Stoker , writer and author of "Dracula " (d.1912).
*10 November -Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh , philanthropist and businessman (d.1927).
*15 November - James O'Neill, actor, father of the Americanplaywright Eugene O'Neill (d.1920).
*12 December -John O'Kane Murray , physician and author (d.1885).Full date unknown
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Michael Cusack , founder of theGaelic Athletic Association (d.1906).
*Dennis Kearney , politician in America (d.1907).Deaths
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11 february -Andrew Clarke , soldier,Governor of Western Australia (b.1793).
*February -Michael John Brenan , priest and ecclesiastical historian (b.1780).
*April -Thomas Barnwall Martin , soldier, landowner and politician (b.1784).
*15 May -Daniel O'Connell , politician, campaigner forCatholic Emancipation and Repeal of the Union (b.1775).
*7 August -James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal , politician (b.1782).
*10 September -Richard Henry Wilde , lawyer and Congressman in USA (b.1789).
*14 September -Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet , soldier and politician (b.1782) [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18955.htm/ thePeerage] ] .Full date unknown
*James Hope, United Irishmen leader who fought in the
Irish Rebellion of 1798 and 1803 rebellion (b.1764).References
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