Nick Maxwell

1984 Following a meeting in London with Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rejected the three options of the New Ireland Forum in her notorious ‘Out! Out! Out!’ speech. 1924 Cardinal Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh and primate of all-Ireland since 1887, died. 1918 Brendan Corish, leader of the Labour Party (1960–77) and Minister for Health … Read more

1969 Joseph Kennedy (81), businessman, investor, politician and father of the brothers John F. (1917–63), Robert (1925–68) and Edward (1932–2009), died. 1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer, diplomat and third prime minister of the Republic of Poland (Jan.–Dec. 1919), was born. 1809 Thomas ‘the Chevalier’ O’Gorman, officer in Louis XV’s Irish Brigade, wine merchant and … Read more

2001 The GAA voted to abolish its controversial Rule 21, which had prevented members of the British Army and the PSNI from playing their games. 2001 The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) dropped Rule 21, which barred members of the British security forces from participation in their games. 1994 Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was forced to resign over … Read more

1986 Siobhán McKenna (63), Belfast-born stage and screen actor, died. 1965 W.T. (William Thomas) Cosgrave (85), politician, leader of Cumann na nGaedheal (1922–33), leader of Fine Gael (1934–44) and first president of the Executive Council of the Free State (1922–32), died. 1615 St Columbanus, monk and missionary from Bangor, Co. Down, died in Bobbio, northern … Read more

1921 Tadhg Barry (c. 41), Sinn Féin councillor, branch secretary to the ITGWU in his native Cork and an internee in Ballykinlar Camp, Co. Down, was shot dead by a sentry. 1991 George Otto Simms, archbishop of Dublin (1956–69), archbishop of Armagh (1969–80) and scholar who was a leading authority on the Book of Kells, died. … Read more