2011 The Cloyne Report, investigating allegations against eighteen priests in the diocese of Cloyne between 1996 and 2009, was published. It found that Bishop John Magee had ignored church guidelines requiring all suspected molestation cases to be reported to Gardaí. It also found that the Vatican had encouraged the concealment.
1969 In Dungiven, Co. Derry, the RUC launched repeated baton charges at Catholics attempting to storm an Orange hall, and B-Specials fired shots over the heads of people leaving a dance hall. In a subsequent mêlée, an onlooker, Francis McCluskey (70), was assaulted. He died the following day, the first death in the Troubles.
1983 Four UDR soldiers, aged 19–24 years, were killed when a 600lb. IRA culvert bomb exploded under their Land Rover in Drumquin, Co. Tyrone—the regiment’s heaviest loss in a single incident.
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Personal Histories
Personal Histories is an initiative by History Ireland,
which aims to capture the individual histories of Irish
people both in Ireland and around the world. It is hoped
to build an extensive database reflecting Irish lives,
giving them a chance to be heard, remembered and to
add their voice to the historical record.
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1920 Recruitment began, mainly from among demobilised British Army officers, into a new force—the ‘Auxiliary Division’—to augment the RIC.
1939 Michael Longley, poet, notable for ‘Gorse Fires’ (1991), ‘The Weather in Japan’ (2000) and ‘The Stairwell’ (2014), born in Belfast of English parents.
2004 Bob Tisdall (96), Olympic gold medal-winner in the 400m hurdles (Los Angeles, 1932) in a world record time of 51.7 seconds—which was not recognised under the rules at the time because he had hit a hurdle—died.
1866 The SS Great Eastern completed the laying of a transatlantic telegraph cable between Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, and Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
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