1170 Richard fitzGilbert de Clare, lord of Strigoil, better known as ‘Strongbow’, landed in Waterford with a force of c. 1,200, including 200 knights.
1170 Richard Fitz Gilbert, earl of Pembroke, also known as Richard de Clare and Strongbow, Norman adventurer, landed at Passage, Co. Waterford. Two days later he took Waterford with a force of 200 knights and c. 1,000 others.
1972 Lord Killanin became the first Irishman to be elected president of the International Olympics Commission.
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1960 Down, captained by Kieran Mussen, became the first team from Northern Ireland to win the Sam Maguire Cup in Gaelic football when they defeated Kerry 2-10 to 0-8.
1917 Thomas Ashe, teacher and revolutionary, died in Mountjoy Jail as a result of force-feeding.Thomas Ashe (32) died in Mountjoy Prison after being forcibly fed whilst on hunger strike.
1914 On a two-day visit to Ireland, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith shared a platform with John Redmond at a recruiting meeting at the Mansion House.
1917 The 1916 veteran and republican leader Thomas Ashe dies in Dublin’s Mater Hospital after being force-fed by the British authorities while on hunger strike in Mountjoy Prison.