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Events on Friday 31 December 1847 1
1847Irish Famine at its worst: Black '47The deadliest year of the Great Famine in IrelandMass starvation and disease, especially typhus, killed vast numbers across Ireland in what became known as Black '47. Soup kitchens opened under the Temporary Relief Act in the spring. Hundreds of thousands emigrated, many dying on crowded coffin ships.