Events for September 24

September 24, 1880

Beginning of famous boycott against Irish landlord Captain Boycott.

Refusing to work for offending landlords, farmers demonstrated their united power in Mayo against Captain Boycott in 1880. The Prime Minister, W E Gladstone, drafted a Land Act in 1881 which gave tenants new rights and set up courts to control (and genera

September 24, 1786

Birth of Charles Bianconi, Irish passenger-car entrepreneur

September 24, 1962

Birth of Scotland international footballer and later TV personality Ally McCoist.

September 24, 1661

Faithful Tadpole is admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin