Nick Maxwell 1922 During continued violence in Belfast, three Catholics were shot dead and three Protestants the following day. Altogether 44 Catholics and 22 Protestants met with violent deaths in the city that month. 1939 The first aircraft landed on the new airfield at Rineanna, Co. Clare, later known as Shannon Airport. 1960 Sir Robert McCarrison, County … Read more
1971 Sir Tyrone Guthrie (71), theatre producer, died at his home, Annaghmakerrig House, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, now a retreat for artists and writers. 2007 Bertie Ahern became the first taoiseach to address the Westminster parliament. 1948 The British mandate in Palestine expired. The state of Israel came into being. 1910 The Association of United Irishwomen, … Read more
Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. Edward Lee, a model employer—remembering Lees of Bray, Michael Lees. Adm. €5.
1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. 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 … Read more
Thur 7.15pm Leixlip History Group, Leixlip Library. ‘Women voted early and in large numbers’—Irish women, the vote and the 1918 general election, Mary McAuliffe. Thurs 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. Printed in Bray: the history of the printing industry in Bray and County Wicklow. Adm. €5.