Beginning of famous boycott against Irish landlord Captain Boycott.
September 24, 1880
Mayo agent, Captain Charles Boycott, was sent to a moral Coventry.
September 24, 1880
James Moore ODonell, former MP for Ratoath, is killed in a duel with Major Denis Bingham in a feud over Co. Mayo politics
September 24, 1801
United Irishman, Bartholomew Teeling, is hanged in Dublin
September 24, 1798
Birth of Charles Bianconi, Irish passenger-car entrepreneur
September 24, 1786
Sir Arthur Guinness is born in Celbridge, Co. Kildare
September 24, 1725
Faithful Tadpole is admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
September 24, 1661
Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, crowned at Scone.
September 24, 1332