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
1911 Norah Fahie, linguist, administrator, founder member of An Óige and vice-chairman of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, who played a leading role in the restoration of the Huguenot cemetery in Merrion Row, Dublin, born in Dublin. 1974 Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female president of Argentina, replacing her … Read more
1922 At 4.07am a field gun fired across the River Liffey by Provisional Government forces at the anti-Treaty IRA garrison in the Four Courts marked the beginning of the Civil War. 1920 Members of ‘B’ and ‘C’ Companies of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers, quartered in Jullundur, Punjab, refused to soldier because of reports … Read more