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Nano Nagle's Birth
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Ireland is struck by famine
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A severe famine affects Ireland
About 400,000 people die -
Landowners enclose common land for grazing cattle
Men called whiteboys (because they wear white shirts or smocks to disguise themselves) destroy fences and attack cattle. -
Protestants form secret societies
The Oakboys and the Steelboys to protest about rents and rates -
Catholics are allowed to buy land
Most restrictions on Catholic education and the Catholic clergy are removed. -
Nano Nagle's death
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Catholics are allowed to practice as lawyers
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Catholics are allowed to marry Protestants.