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1766, June–Aug
 
More rioting regarding food shortages, which were partly the result of droughts in the preceding year.  1
 
1769
 
The Belfast barracks attacked by Steelboys, a Presbyterian peasant movement.  2
 
1772
 
Dublin Foundling Hospital and Workhouse Act established overseers to care for abandoned children. Parliament also enacted legislation to badge beggars and establish workhouses.  3
 
1778
 
Catholic Relief Act allowed Catholics to sign 999-year leases and use normal inheritance proceedings. This act partially rectified the land legislation of the 17th century.  4
 
1782
 
Catholic Relief Acts allowed Catholics to acquire land and teach school.  5
 
1782
 
Protestant dissenter Relief Act recognized the legality of Presbyterian marriages.  6
 
1783
 
National Volunteer Convention proposed parliamentary reforms which the House of Commons rejected. The Volunteers provided a strong impetus for resisting the Act of Union.  7
 
1787
 
Tumultuous Rising Act sought to quell riots. It was patterned after the English Riot Act.  8
 
1791, July 14
 
Demonstrations throughout Ireland in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille. The Irish sought support for their own independence from the French revolutionaries, which greatly concerned the British.  9
 
1792, Jan. 4
 
The first issue of the Northern Star, published by the United Irishmen of Belfast. This organization supported efforts to gain independence from Britain.  10
 
1793, Aug. 16
 
Convention Act prohibited assemblies for the purpose of petitioning the king. It marked the beginning of efforts to quell the activities of the United Irishmen and Volunteers.  11
 
1798
 
Martial Law imposed in an effort to quell insurrection.  12
 
Aug. 22
 
French force landed at Killala and had success at Castlebar. It surrendered at Bullinamuck on Sept. 8.  13
 
 
 
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