June 13

Rate of price inflation reached, 25% in the UK.

Eamon de Valera becomes Taoiseach

Molly Malone reputedly dies of the fever

Mary Colum in Collooney, Co. Sligo, born

Birth of W.B. Yeats in Dublin

James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, born

The Strathnaver Clearances began on the Sutherland estates

The Strathnaver Clearances, part of the broader Highland Clearances, began on the Sutherland estates in northern Scotland. These evictions were part of a controversial effort by landlords to replace tenant farming with more profitable sheep farming. - Families were given only 30 minutes to gather their belongings. - Their homes were then set on fire, leaving many destitute. - Carried out by agents of the estate, the clearances caused widespread suffering and led to mass emigration.

Battle of Ballynahinch, Ireland, defeat of United Irish Army in Ulster.

Sir Robert King, MP for Boyle, Co. Roscommon, is created Baron Kingsborough

Jonathan Swift becomes Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin