1920 Terence MacSwiney (41), lord mayor of Cork, died after 74 days of hunger strike in Brixton Prison, London.
2002 Richard Harris (72), actor and Oscar nominee for This sporting life (1963) and The field (1990), died.
1968 The New University of Ulster in Coleraine, Co. Derry, Ireland’s first new university in over 50 years, officially opened.
1960 Harry Ferguson, mechanic, inventor and the first man to build and fly his own aeroplane in Ireland (1909), died.
1925 Darrell Figgis, nationalist, politician and writer, died by suicide.
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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.
Click Here to go to the Personal Histories page