1971 At its annual congress in Belfast the GAA voted to abolish Rule 27, the ban that prohibited the playing of soccer, rugby, hockey and cricket by members of the […]
Read More →1998 The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement on the future governance of Northern Ireland was signed by the British and Irish governments and the North’s main political parties, with the exception of […]
Read More →1922 The anti-Treaty IRA executive appointed a seven-man army council, with Liam Lynch as chief-of-staff. 1921 William Walsh (80), prolific writer, leading intellectual in the Irish Catholic Church and archbishop […]
Read More →1861 The Derryveagh evictions. Over a three-day period, John George Adair, landlord of the Gartan, Glenveagh and Derryveagh estates, evicted 244 tenants from 46 households and levelled 28 homes. The […]
Read More →1922 The Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Bill became law, giving the minister for home affairs authority to detain suspects and to set up courts of summary jurisdiction. 1719 Death of […]
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