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Graham Obree, from Irvine in Ayrshire, broke the world record and became the world pursuit cycle champion over, 4,000 metres in Hamar, Norway.
Graham Obree, from Irvine in Ayrshire, broke the world record and became the world pursuit cycle champion over, 4,000 metres in Hamar, Norway. …

Scottish aviator Jim Mollinson landed after the first East-West solo flight of the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick.
Scottish aviator Jim Mollinson landed after the first East-West solo flight of the Atlantic from Portmarnock, Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick. …

Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath
Birth of poet Francis Ledwidge in Slane, Co. Meath …

The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia
The ship Catalpa arrives in U.S. with Irish Fenian prisoners rescued from Australia …

Act passed for the improvement of navigation on the Shannon
Act passed for the improvement of navigation on the Shannon …

Edward Hincks, orientalist, is born in Cork
Edward Hincks, orientalist, is born in Cork …

Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising.
Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising. Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his daughter Mary II jointly with her husband William of Orange. …

Charles Edward Stuart, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, at the start of the 45 uprising.
Charles Edward Stuart, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, at the start of the 45 uprising. …

Mary Queen of Scots lands at Leith on her return from France, after the death of her husband, King Francis II
Mary Queen of Scots lands at Leith on her return from France, after the death of her husband, King Francis II …

After Ulick Burke of Clanricard seizes Galway city, Edward Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, goes to Connacht and defeats Burke at Knockdoe. This is the largest battle ever fought between Irishmen, with 10,000 participants and 2,000 fatalities; however, mo
After Ulick Burke of Clanricard seizes Galway city, Edward Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, goes to Connacht and defeats Burke at Knockdoe. This is the largest battle ever fought between Irishmen, with 10,000 participants and 2,000 fatalities; however, mo …