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.
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
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