Events for July 08
July 8, 1981
Joe McDonnell, Irish political prisoner, dies
Joseph McDonnell (14 September 1951 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
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July 8, 1642
Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O’Neill (Irish: Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill; c. 1585 – 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O’Neill dynasty of Ulster.
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July 8, 1296
King John Balliol abdicated at Montrose
John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning “empty coat” – coat of arms), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.
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July 8, 1819
Sir Francis McClintock, born
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae’s controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin’s lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 attempting to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.
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