After the Free State general election on June 09, de Valera and Fianna Fáil enter the Dáil as the largest opposition party
August 11, 1927
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is established to control the Shannon hydro-electric scheme
August 11, 1927
Dan Breen, nationalist revolutionary and politician, is born near Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary
August 11, 1894
Henry Grattan Guinness, is born in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
August 11, 1835