1920 The Government of Ireland Bill, offering a six-county ‘Northern Ireland’, was accepted by a two to one majority by the Ulster Unionist Council.
Six IRA prisoners were executed in Dublin, four of whom were convicted of high treason for levying war.
1968 Donagh O’Malley (47), minister for education, collapsed and died in Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, while campaigning in a by-election.
1966 Frank O’Connor (62) (real name Michael O’Donovan), whose works included short stories, notably ‘Guests of the Nation’ (1931), The Big Fellow (1937), a biography of Michael Collins, and a racy rendering of Merriman’s Midnight Court (1945), died.
1810 Sir Samuel Ferguson, antiquary and poet, notably of Lays of the Western Gael (1865), was born in Belfast. He was knighted in 1878 for his work as first Deputy Keeper of the Public Records of Ireland.
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Personal Histories
Personal Histories is an initiative by History Ireland,
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people both in Ireland and around the world. It is hoped
to build an extensive database reflecting Irish lives,
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add their voice to the historical record.
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1974 The Dublin and Monaghan bombings—the worst single day in the history of the Troubles—saw 26 killed and hundreds injured when three bombs exploded without warning in Dublin. Less than an hour later another no-warning car bomb ripped through Monaghan town centre, killing seven people.
17–18/1918 In an effort to discredit the leaders of the anti-conscription campaign in the eyes of the American authorities, 73 prominent Sinn Féiners, including Arthur Griffith, Constance Markievicz and William T. Cosgrave, were arrested in a fictitious ‘German plot’.
1599 A detachment of the army of the lord lieutenant, the earl of Essex, was set upon by Owney O’More of Laois near the village of Timahoe. The location became known as ‘the Pass of the Plumes’ on account of the number of plumes from English helmets left on the ground. Some 500 English soldiers were killed
1944 The supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, made a two-day visit to Northern Ireland to inspect US troops in preparation for D-Day.
1974 Twenty-seven people were killed and hundreds injured when three bombs exploded without warning in Dublin. Less than an hour later a bomb exploded in Monaghan town, killing seven others.
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