Events for December 07
December 7, 0521
St. Columcille, Irish bard and monk honored in all the Celtic lands, born
Saint Columba (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.
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December 7, 1922
The six counties of Northern Ireland opt out of the Free State
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, was an agreement between Great Britain and Ireland was signed in London on 6 December 1921, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence.
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December 7, 1688
Thirteen Apprentice Boys refuse to let a Catholic army into Derry-Londonderry
The “Closing of the Gates” in Derry-Londonderry, which occurred on December 07, 1688. The city’s Protestant inhabitants, led by thirteen Apprentice Boys, took a significant stand during this episode.
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December 7, 1879
Birth in Tralee, Co. Kerry of Austin Stack, anti-Treaty nationalist
Augustine Mary Moore Stack (7 December 1879 – 27 April 1929) was an Irish republican and politician who served as Minister for Home Affairs from 1921 to 1922. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1927.
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