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Cecil Day-Lewis, poet, novelist, critic, and Irelands poet laureate from 1968 to 1972, is born in Ballintogher, Co. Sligo
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The first ever Irish musical comedy, The Irish Girl, written by Percy French and William Collisson, is staged at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin
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The Royal University of Ireland is founded by charter
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Robert Lochore, Scots poet, died
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Mary King Ward, Irish naturalist and astronomer is born
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James Bruce, explorer and author of Travels to Discover the Sources of the Nile died.
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Lord Barry of Santry is tried by his peers in the parliament house for the murder of his former servant Laughlin Murphy in August 1738
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Act for encouraging the linen manufacture of Ireland
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Battle of Carbisdale, Montroses last battle.
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Scots defeated by Edward I at Battle of Dunbar.
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