1921 The Anglo-Irish conference (Treaty talks) opened in London. 1910 Henry McIlhenny, art collector and philanthropist who in 1979 donated his Donegal estate—which opened as Glenveagh National Park in 1984—to the Irish State, was born in Philadelphia. 1843 Daniel O’Connell’s campaign for repeal of the Act of Union was effectively terminated when his ‘monster meeting’ ... Read more
