September 25

1960 Down, captained by Kieran Mussen, became the first team from Northern Ireland to win the Sam Maguire Cup in Gaelic football when they defeated Kerry 2-10 to 0-8. 1917 Thomas Ashe, teacher and revolutionary, died in Mountjoy Jail as a result of force-feeding.Thomas Ashe (32) died in Mountjoy Prison after being forcibly fed whilst … Read more

January 10

1922 Arthur Griffith was elected president of Dáil Éireann. 1920 The League of Nations held its first meeting in Geneva. It was superseded by the United Nations on the same date in 1946. 1970 An estimated 6,000 attended an anti-apartheid demonstration outside Lansdowne Road as Ireland played South Africa in rugby. 1984 Seán MacEntee (95), … Read more