July 31

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Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain

Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain

Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain.

July 31, 1965
Harry Boland shot by Free Staters

Harry Boland shot by Free Staters

Harry Boland shot by Free Staters in Skerries; he would die three days later

July 31, 1922
Francis Ledwidge, died

Francis Ledwidge, died

Death of poet Francis Ledwidge, from Slane, Co. Meath, who is killed by a stray shell at Ypres during World War I

July 31, 1917
Founding of Gaelic League in Ireland

Founding of Gaelic League in Ireland

Founding of the Gaelic League in order to revive the use of the Irish language and foster appreciation of Irelands Celtic heritage

July 31, 1893
Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

Minority of Home Rulers begin obstruction tactics in Commons

July 31, 1877
Caledonian Railway Company authorized to commence business

Caledonian Railway Company authorized to commence business

Caledonian Railway Company authorized to commence business.

July 31, 1845
Enactment of the Irish Poor Law

Enactment of the Irish Poor Law

Enactment of the Irish Poor Law

July 31, 1838
Dun Laoghaire horse-drawn train service in Dublin

Dun Laoghaire horse-drawn train service in Dublin

Inauguration of the first Dublin - Dun Laoghaire horse-drawn train service

July 31, 1834
Poems of Robert Burns, published

Poems of Robert Burns, published

Kilmarnock Edition of the poems of Robert Burns Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect first published.

July 31, 1786
Robert Adair, dies

Robert Adair, dies

Robert Adair, MP for Philipstown, dies on this date, having had one of his legs cut off above the knee for a mortification and died soon after

July 31, 1737