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Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born

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As part of a crack-down on seditious activity during Britains war with France, the Dublin United Irishmen are supressed

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At Grosse Isle, Canada, 40 Irish Famine immigrant ships wait to unload

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Austin Clarke, considered to be the greatest poet of his generation after Yeats, is born