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November 29

Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. A taste for Gothic, Judith Hill. Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. St […]

October 24

Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse St. Richard Stanihurst (1547–1618): Dublin’s earliest historian, Colm Lennon.

October 19-20

Fri–Sat Irish Labour History Society Conference: William Walker of Belfast. 6pm Fri @ Mac Centre: William Walker, Michael Mecham. 11am Sat @ John Hewitt Bar: launch of biography followed by […]

October 01

Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Lt. Edward Hempenstall, the ‘Walking Gallows’ of 1798, in Wicklow lore, Séan A. Murphy. Adm. €3.

September 29

Sat 2.30pm Museum of Archaeology, Kildare St. Ardagh Chalice 150th anniversary (tour).

April 20

1968 In what became known as the ‘rivers of blood’ speech, Enoch Powell MP strongly criticised mass immigration, especially Commonwealth immigration to the UK, and the then proposed Race Relations Act.
1954 Michael Manning (25), a carter from Groody, Limerick city, was hanged in Mountjoy Jail for the murder of an elderly nurse. He was the last person to be judicially executed in the Republic of Ireland. The last judicial execution in Northern Ireland took place seven years later, in December 1961, when Robert McGladdery (26) from Newry was hanged for the murder of a local woman.
1912 Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker (65), author, notably of Dracula (1897), died.
1954 Michael Manning (25), a carter from Limerick, was hanged in Mountjoy prison for the murder of an elderly nurse. He was the last man to be judicially executed in the Republic of Ireland.

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