1900 Above: Vere Foster, philanthropist and educationalist. Vere Foster (81), philanthropist, died. Appalled by the misery he encountered on his first visit to Ireland in 1847, the worst year of […]
Read More →2011 Michael D. Higgins (70) was inaugurated as the ninth president of Ireland. 1919 First edition of the Irish Bulletin launched by Dáil Éireann in response to a ban on all […]
Read More →1981 Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald announced a ‘constitutional crusade’ to remove ‘sectarian elements’ in the law and constitution of the Republic. 1980 The first hunger strike in the Maze Prison began […]
Read More →1871 The Great Fire of Chicago broke out, reputedly in Mrs O’Leary’s barn, when a cow upset a lantern. Over three days c. 300 lives were lost and over 100,000 residents left […]
Read More →1871 Sir Thomas Deane (79), builder and architect, notably of the National Library and National Museum in Kildare Street, Dublin, died. 1871 Sir Thomas Deane (79), builder and architect, notably […]
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