Events for August 22August 22, 1881Second Gladstone Land Act introduces the three Fs - fair rent, fixity of tenure, free sale - and sets up the Land CommissionRead MoreAugust 22, 1920Violent clashes in Belfast; 30 people are killed between August 23 and August 31; Catholics are expelled from shipyards and engineering worksRead MoreAugust 22, 1918Dublin-born WWI ace Dennis Latimer shot down. A Bristol Fighter pilot and the highest scoring ace in 20 Squadron, Latimer shot down 28 enemy aircraft between March and August of 1918. On this date, he and his observer, Lieutenant T.C. Noel, were shot downRead MoreAugust 22, 1791Theobald Wolfe Tone publishes An argument on behalf of the Catholics of IrelandRead More
