Nick Maxwell Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Club, Leixlip Library. The Battle of Ashbourne—reflections on 1916, Seán Ashe. Thur 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Monasterboice’s crosses and the eye of the beholder, Heather Pulliam. Thur 8pm Rathmines, Ranelagh & Rathgar Historical Society, Rathmines Town Hall. Forger, freemason, freeman: the story of Samuel … Read more
1921 In the general election to the parliament of Northern Ireland, the first in the UK to be held under proportional representation, the Unionist Party won 40 seats, with Sinn Féin and the Irish Parliamentary Party taking six seats each. 1819 Birth of Queen Victoria, the last British monarch of the House of Hanover, who … Read more
2011 Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, made a one-day visit to Ireland, during which he visited his distant cousins in Moneygall. Co. Offaly, and addressed a crowd of 25,000 in College Green, Dublin. 1770 ‘The Deserted Village’ (likely the village of Auburn, near Athlone) by Oliver Goldsmith was published. 1949 West Germany, officially … Read more
1922 W.J. Twaddell, MP for Woodvale, West Belfast, was shot dead in Belfast city centre—the only MP to be assassinated in Northern Ireland until the murder of the Revd Robert Bradford in 1981. 1971 Members of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement held a protest against the law banning the importation of contraceptives by travelling to … Read more
1932 Amelia Earhart completed the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, landing in Culmore, Derry—2,206 miles in thirteen hours. 1836 The Constabulary (Ireland) Act established the first national police force in Ireland, incorporating the county constabularies that had been established in 1822.