Nick Maxwell

1981 Donal Foley (59), deputy editor of the Irish Times, best known for his satirical column ‘Man Bites Dog’, died. 1980 Detective Garda John Morley (37) and Garda Henry Byrne (29) were killed in a shoot-out with three raiders who had stolen £35,000 from a bank in Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon. 1816 Richard Brinsley Sheridan, theatre manager … Read more

1812 Frederick Edward Maning, adventurer and naturalised Maori, born in Johnville, Co. Dublin. 1608 Sir Cahir O’Doherty, lord of Inishowen, in revolt against the Crown, was killed in a skirmish at Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. 1922 Cathal Brugha (47), on the last day of fighting between the National Army and anti-Treaty IRA in O’Connell Street, emerged … Read more

1900 Thomas Farrell (73), sculptor, died. A forgotten man nowadays, Farrell’s works include statues of Archbishops Murray and Cullen in Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral, Archbishop Richard Whately and coastguard hero John McNeill Boyd in St Patrick’s Cathedral, William Dargan outside the National Gallery, and no less than two statues on O’Connell Street—Sir John Gray, owner/editor of the Freeman’s … Read more

1970 ‘For God’s sake, bring me a large Scotch’—Reginald Maudling, British Home Secretary, on his flight back to London after his first visit to Northern Ireland. 1916 Battle of the Somme. In the first two days 5,500 men of the 36th (Ulster) Division were killed or wounded. 1916 The Battle of the Somme began. Inthe … Read more