Events for September 08

September 8, 1798

Battle of Ballinamuck, Ireland , last battle of The Year of the French.

In 1798 Ballinamuck was the scene of one of the last and bloodiest battles fought on Irish soil by a foreign power. Ballinamuck was the place of surrender of the combined French and Irish troops under General Humber to the English troops under General Cornwallis.

September 8, 1783

A second convention of Dungannon - a gathering of Volunteers from Ulster- is held and prepares the way for a National Volunteer convention on parliamentary reform

September 8, 1830

Thomas Nicholas Burke, Dominican friar, preacher and lecturer, is born in Galway

September 8, 1812

John Martin, revolutionary, transportee and politician, is born near Newry, Co. Down