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Caitlin Maude, Irish language activist dies.
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Willie John McBride, Ireland and Lions rugby captain, is born in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim
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Birth in Dublin of Patrick Campbell, author and broadcaster
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Birth of Dame Ninette de Valois, Wicklow, born founder of the Royal Ballet
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In Liverpool, Mayo native-son and hero, Michael Davitt, advocates land nationalization in preference to peasant proprietorship
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Birth of William Thomas Cosgrave
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Joseph Shanahan, missionary bishop in Africa, is born near Templederry, Co. Tipperary
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F. an Uhel, Breton writer and ethnologist was born
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Ordination of the first priests at St Patricks College, Maynooth
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General Needham reaches Arklow in Co. Wexford and immediately begins digging trenches
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Rebellion breaks out in Ulster - Henry Joy McCracken issues proclamation calling United Irishmen in Ulster to arms
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Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret, fights a duel with a Counsellor Busheh
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William Simms, a founder and secretary of the United Irishmen, is born
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John Scott, Earl of Clonmel; Copper-Faced Jack; Chief Justice, is born in Co. Tipperary
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Red Hugh O'Donnell, son of the Earl of Tyrconnell makes a dramatic escape from the Record Tower
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Treaty of Edinburgh between France and England, recognizing sovereignty of Mary Queen of Scots
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William de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, is assassinated by his own knights
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