Events::1845 in Ireland

18 February – Devon Commission reports to the British government on the poor living conditions of the Irish population: "in many districts their only food is the potato".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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9 September – Previously unknown potato blight strikes the potato crop: start of the Great Famine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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31 October–1 November – An emergency meeting of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom (summoned on 15 October by Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) votes against Peel on the distribution of relief in Ireland, considering it would call the Corn Laws into question.<ref name=CWS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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9–10 November – Peel orders the secret purchase of £100,000 worth of maize and meal from the United States for distribution in Ireland.<ref name=CWS/><ref name=CK>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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15 November – Scientific Commissioners (appointed in October) report that half the Irish potato crop has been destroyed by the blight.<ref name=CWS/>
20 November – A Relief Commission for Ireland first meets.<ref name=CWS/><ref name=CK/>
5 December – Unable to persuade his Cabinet to repeal the Corn Laws in the face of the Great Famine, Peel tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<ref name=CK/> to Queen Victoria but is reinstated days later when Lord John Russell is unable to form a government.<ref name=CWS/>
30 December – Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway are incorporated.
Bessbrook in County Armagh is established as a model village by Quaker linen manufacturer John Grubb Richardson.
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 Gaol in Belfast.

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